Many times you might have felt that your default location C:\ doesn’t have have too many space if you are still using old computers or laptops. As the size of hardrives increase, more people are using partitions to separate and store groups of files.You can change the default installation directory of your Windows.
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/Vista/windows 7 will use that new location as the default installation directory for new programs.
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