Change The Default Location For Apps

As the size of hardrives increase, more people are
using partitions to seperate and store groups of files.

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.

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