CHANGE DEFAULT LOCATION OF INSTALLING SOFTWARES
As the size of Hardrives increase, more people are using partitions to seperate and store groups of files.
OPERATING SYSTEM XP Uses the C:\Program Files directory as the default base directory into which new programs are installed. However, you can change the default installation drive and/ or directory by using a Registry hack.
Run the Registry Editor (regedit)and go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
OPERATING SYSTEM XP Uses the C:\Program Files directory as the default base directory into which new programs are installed. However, you can change the default installation drive and/ or directory by using a Registry hack.
Run the Registry Editor (regedit)and go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
Look for the value named ProgramFilesDir. by default,this value will be
C:\Program Files. Edit the value to any valid drive or folder and XP
will use that new location as the default installation directory for new
programs.
