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12-02-2002, 01:40 AM
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Partitions and Installing programs
I just built a new pc, and created 2 partitions, one for the OS, and another for
programs/docs/etc. My question is, how can I make Windows look at drive D, instead of C:, when writing the program to the disc? I know it can be done manually, but I usually just "Next > Next > Next!!" through installations. Is there a reg hack, or any other means of solving this problem? Thanks in advance |
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12-02-2002, 01:52 AM
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I've never heard of one, but it can't be *that* much trouble to do it manually can it?
Is there something I am missing here? Are you rolling out across multiple machines or something? |
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12-02-2002, 01:56 AM
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Not exactly, I just find it a hassle to change the directory..especially with the amount of files I deal with. It's too easy to
forget, and have to reinstall countless programs over again. Obviously this can be fixed, it has to be in the registry... 
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12-02-2002, 02:15 AM
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Probably hard coded - Perhaps use an external app to catch it?
Hi,
I would suspect that the default installation directory is hard coded into the installation program by the author, and will usually be: C:\Program Files\Author Name\Application Name You might be able to write a small app using the Windows API that watches for a string constructed like that within a window, and try to automatically replace it with D:\.... I have no idea how you would go about it, but you could look at AutoIt: www.hiddensoft.com\autoit Even if it doesn't appear to do what you want, join the discussion group and ask there - you never know what someone might come up with! Other than that, perhaps someone else here will have a bright idea? Good luck, David. Last edited by David_Jones; 12-02-2002 at 02:17 AM. |
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12-02-2002, 07:16 AM
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They showed how to do that one night on TheScreensavers TV program so I know it can be done. It might still be in the archives for the show. You might trying doing a search there. Maybe Reboot ot George will see this.
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12-02-2002, 08:00 AM
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Have you tried something like Xsetup or TweakUI (XP) version to move your "Program files" folder to your D:\. Since this is where 90% of apps want to install. I have not done this but just threw this out as a possible suggestion.
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12-02-2002, 12:35 PM
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All I ever did was change C to D manually during the install. The way I see it, if you care enough about housekeeping to create partitions, it's no big deal to manually make these corrections.
The only time I did this was when I was dual booting NT and 98, now that I'm only using Win2K, I just have one big C drive, I don't want to deal with partitions if I don't have to. |
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