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re: How do I change Window's default install directory?
Tuesday, November 8, 2005 at 9:02 pm
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Posted by J Harrison (1 messages posted)

The suggestion below works, but..... In XP, all of the annoying program subdirectories) (NetMeeting, Frontpage, etc) that you cannot get rid of in the default directory (usually c:\program files\), will magically appear in your newly-designated installation directory. In other words, MicroJunk will see your change, and act on it for its own purposes.....

On Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at 6:43 pm, jagged ben wrote:
>
>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
>

Written in response to:: re: How do I change Window's default install directory? (jagged ben: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at 6:43 pm)

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re: How do I change Window's default install directory? (Will: Thursday, January 5, 2006 at 4:10 pm)

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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)

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