re: How do I change Window's default install directory? Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at 6:43 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by jagged ben (3536 messages posted) Not promising this won't have unwanted side effects...it might be better to just designate your install locations manually. But here goes... Go to Run. Type: regedit Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion On the right side, find the string called ProgramFilesDir and modify it to the desired path. On Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at 3:08 pm, Ryan Hellevang wrote: >I have a question about How >do I set an application's default directory?: > > >How can I set Windows' default install directory? I have two partitions; one has >windows installed on it and is much smaller than my other directory. Currently, >Windows wants to install everything by Program Files folder on the drive that it >is installed on. I would like it to, by default, use a different directory. Any >suggestions? > >Also, I would like to set a different 'temp' directory as well. > >Thanks Written in response to: How do I change Window's default install directory? (Ryan Hellevang: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at 3:08 pm) Responses to this message: re: How do I change Window's default install directory? (Sammael: Sunday, January 18, 2004 at 8:43 am) re: How do I change Window's default install directory? (J Harrison: Tuesday, November 8, 2005 at 9:02 pm) re: How do I change Window's default install directory? (Jithin K Sree: Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 1:05 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] How do I change Window's default install directory? (Ryan Hellevang: Tue, Sep 23, 2003, 3:08 pm) re: How do I change Window's default install directory? (jagged ben: Tue, Sep 23, 2003, 6:43 pm) re: How do I change Window's default install directory? (Sammael: Sun, Jan 18, 2004, 8:43 am) re: How do I change Window's default install directory? (J Harrison: Tue, Nov 8, 2005, 9:02 pm) re: How do I change Window's default install directory? (Will: Thu, Jan 5, 2006, 4:10 pm) re: How do I change Window's default install directory? (Jithin K Sree: Thu, May 7, 2009, 1:05 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum