Make your programs automatically install to a secondary drive!!

This is my update to my earlier video about how to move your programs folder to a secondary hard drive. Please note that I recommend this for use on a clean install and it forces windows to install your programs to a secondary drive.
Furthermore, I DO NOT recommend this as a stable way to get this done and it is rather showing that it can be done as if you do it incorrectly you can brick your computer.
If your drive is getting full and you just want to free up some space watch my video on using Symmover which helps you move files without the risks that come with editing your registry
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[@Google_Client]

You should tell your viewers that they should do this on a clean install before the video starts...not afterwards. Thanks for the help.

[@igenfl]

I just messed everything up lol I should of known

[@GOBLlN]

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[@TheFvckGamez]

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[@kyleehyo4797]

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[@ranchitup1845]

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[@stevescam001]

This works a peach! I'd like to add one thing. Before doing any of this move your Downlods folder to D:\yourname. Otherwise you're still downloading the install data to C: and thus using a ton of precious system drive space. I especially like the way you said to change the path of all the folders. That's a great idea. Otherwise you still get a bunch of common files on C: That's a detail I haven't found anyone else mentioning. Thanks so much for your service!

[@redthedunns7]

Thank you! this has been the most complete version of how to install on a secondary drive. Thank you for being so through.

[@leshibler868]

Thank you!. Worked like a champ! Just so its not confusing, you say to change ALL the registry entries but actually, you only changed the ones with C:\***. It even installed Chrome onto my drive of choice.

[@chingy1033]

Further disclaimer for this tutorial, only use it on a clean install I learned a little too late that if you use this method with stuff already it could really mess up your stuff including your antivirus!

[@chrisofalltrades9978]

YOU SIR ARE A WIZZARD! I have just deleted all programmes from my PC other than windows and basic stuff as it was running like a car with no wheels! I have a 2Tb NVME SSdrive (D:) installed that was completely empty - I didn't even know it was there. Now after re-installing all of my games, 3d modelling software and other heavy stuff onto the D:drive the machine is running like lightning, just as it was the day I purchased it.... (2 months ago lol) Thank you so much from the UK for these pearls of wisdom!

[@YoutubeStruggles]

Glad it worked out, it can be tricky. I learned this from reading a bunch of posts and put the video up hoping it would help someone! 💪👍

[@BerendSchaftenaar]

Works but its a way harder method use this: Open the "Settings" option on your PC and click on the "System" option. Then, click on the "Storage" option. Now, tap on the "Change where new content is saved" option. Here, set the desired download location for each category.

[@burt591]

Does it change where your programs will be installed or it just changes your download folder?

[@burt591]

For what I've seen it just changes your download location

[@roblox21242]

terrible, this doesnt do nothing. it still auto install on your default ssd

[@roblox21242]

guys, dont follow this guy's steps because its gonna create folders in your ssd messing up the process from the video. i did this now i have to try to delete which is a pain. dont listen to this noob

[@hunainalirazasaleem6660]

tutorial starts at 2:45

[@makhail.m8775]

Thx😊

[@SouthParkGamer45]

When I followed this tutorial, I ended up deleting ALL of my Data saved on the C Drive! Is there a way to get it all back?

[@tattoojay88]

Appreciate it. I spent time searching for this and you laid it out.

[@Simon_Hawkshaw]

Many thanks for taking the heavy lifting out of this process. Much appreciated.

[@s-kltch]

Should I delete the old “Program Files” and “Program Files (x86)” from the drive I copied it from? Or do I need to keep both?

[@Rainissick]

thank you so much man your video was the only one helping me with what i needed thankyou thankyou so much you did exactly what i needed subbed bro

[@tonymerasty]

thanks finding a direction to proceed is a blessing when there is a lot of rabbittholes to get sidetracked by

[@nitrostarz531]

Thanks for the video, I have a 32GB laptop and I recently got a 1 terabyte external hard drive

[@splat2glitcher]

Same except i just did a video with my pc which is 32gb + 2tb

[@TomiWebPro]

I suggest yall to make a restore point before yall touch anything with the regedit, and this stuff is cool!

[@yamxo17]

The best way to do it is if and when you download your things if it allows you to change the location do it or download the program and drag and drop it into the driver location

[@KitJBenn]

Your wondering is very distracting!! Wish you had cut to the chase. I just wanted you to get to the point!!! However! Thanks for your help!!

[@ori4914]

I did it and my computer's application half of them don't working , someone have a solution?

[@johntrites3387]

So, I have an msi laptop with 128GB C: solid state drive that is 90% full running all MS Office programs, AutoCad, Fusion 360 and others. But, I installed Android Studio 4.0, SDK, AVD, and other related programs on my 500GB D: drive. However, the install somehow partitioned the software so that 10GB were installed on the C: drive and about 12GB installed on the D: drive. So, I uninstalled all of the Android Studio software. I can't uninstall the existing programs, like MS Office programs and re-install on my D: drive because they came packaged with the laptop and I don't want to pay for another set. My question is can I edit "regedit" so that all existing 32-bit and 64-bit programs currently running on the C: drive remain running on the C: drive while new 32-bit and 64-bit programs, like Android Studio, run entirely on the D: drive? Per your video, it seems that if I make a copy of C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files (x86) to my D: drive and make the "regedit" changes for all the C: drive references under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion to D: drive, then my new programs will work but my existing programs will NOT work. Is that correct?

[@qfella]

It works for sure. But, the on screen keyboard doesn't work.

[@1627shyboyent]

GOOD Video I just got a brand new computer this gonna help me on all my extra programs thumbs up

[@ExplosiveNinjaFTW]

Can you delete your program files on your C Drive after you do this?

[@DarkStray]

My problem is it’s all set to C but it keeps installing on my D: drive how tf do I make it stop

[@covidrumwarenzbensons8335]

Thank you so much......it worked at my pc. 100%

[@Mc8a]

Hello I recently did your tutorial and a lot of things messed up on my pc. There are many apps I cant open because it says the destination could not be found and Ive been trying all day to fix it

[@johnsotomayor3243]

@Oliver Staples It bricked mine XD. rip

[@johnsotomayor3243]

@Oliver Staples I couldnt use task manager, regedit, or any admin tools. I had to completely re install from a usb

[@andruw5075]

The tutorial did seem very sketchy to me. Like copying system files and just pasting it into another location is not okay.

[@shayanghanbari9772]

dude always backup first

[@tattoojay88]

I wouldn't do this unless your doing a clean install of windows. Moving files like that, the path stays the same and you end up with the issues your describing.

[@kambos2802]

I did it but after I installed programs because you mentioned that at the end of the video and now everything is messed up. Can someone please post the exact destinations (before we changed it to the secondary drive). Can someone post a screenshot or something please I would really appreciate it

[@RaulLopez-yw8qn]

Just change the letter at begining (Put "C" again instead of D )

[@abcognito]

Thank you very much sir, i learned a new thing today

[@YoutubeStruggles]

Thanks im. Glad 😊

[@abcognito]

@@KZbinStruggles By the way, my SSD still gets some MB, you know from what?

[@abcognito]

@@KZbinStruggles Also, i need to change them back to C:\ because my Windows cant update.

[@YoutubeStruggles]

@@abcognito If you got everything in the regedit correct it should still update. however the process to move everything back is exactly the same but backward.

[@abcognito]

@@KZbinStruggles I done everything alright, i will try to solve my problem,. However thank you for this tutorial again.

[@davidgreen2014]

I don't have any of those files in my Registry Editor to change, I'm using windows 11

[@danielpaniagua6907]

YOU ARE THE BEST!!!! YOU HAVE EARNED A NEW SUB AND A LIKE!!!

[@turtleburns2224]

When I'm in the CurrentVersion folder, do I modify all the files, or only the ones that say "C:\"?

[@YoutubeStruggles]

You only need to change any file with the drive directory. So you would be correct, only the ones with "C:\"

[@turtleburns2224]

@@KZbinStruggles Alright, thx

[@timmy3147]

KZbin Struggles PLS HELP ME MY PC BROKE

[@turtleburns2224]

@@timmy3147 I ended up having a bit of a situation with corrupted system files. I wasn't able to get the program files thing to work. I was able to fix the system files problem by running a corruption-fixer thing thing via the command line. If you do a bit of googling around, you should be able to find instructions for running it. Good luck, and let me know how it goes.

[@epos6409]

I can't delete old system files. What to do?

[@roblox21242]

im having problem doing this because it says i need admin access in order to copy the folder to the other ssd. im the admin but i dont have access?

[@mahendalvi3472]

Thanks for such a good video, just wanna know how to install Kaspersky Internet security Antivirus on D drive or some other drive than C Drive. Please provide input. Thanks

[@nyta911]

What about AppData? I changed my Drive in Regedit, but Chrome's Appdata still installed in Drive C....

[@splat2glitcher]

Thanks, this worked for my drivers!

[@jozenartes6890]

I did this after installing windows, but nothing worked anymore pictures, regedit and more.

[@derrickpham8245]

yeah the same happens to me... did you find a solution?

[@marionrhodus8464]

The plan I have is to have the 1 drive that comes with my new computer to only have windows 11 on it. This is because it seems that computers slow down and the need to reinstall windows and when that happens it means I need to reinstall programs. Will this process keep me from needing to reinstall all of these programs after I reinstall windows in a year or so ?

[@frankleplatte3736]

Worked excellent bro. thanks very much

[@chloenoel2386]

Once you finish changing the location of the program files to a different drive and restart, do you delete them off the C: (ssd) drive?

[@YoutubeStruggles]

Yes I did

[@ryanwestley5015]

It wouldn’t let me delete certain files what should I do?

[@YoutubeStruggles]

Use the Windows key + E keyboard shortcut to open File Explorer. From the left pane, click This PC. Under Devices and drives, right-click the drive with the Windows 10 installation, and click Properties. Click the Disk Cleanup button. Click the Clean up system button. or You need to give yourself a full permission and take ownership of the folders. 1. In Windows 10 type cmd.exe into Start Menu, right-click on Cmd.exe, and open it as an administrator. 2. Type following commands: Takeown /f D:\Windows /r /D Y Takeown /f "D:\Program Files" /r /D Y Takeown /f "D:\Program Files(x86)" /r /D Y Attrib -s -r -h D:\ProgramData Takeown /f D:\ProgramData /r /D Y Icacls D:\Windows /grant %Username%:F /t /c Icacls "D:\Program Files" /grant %Username%:F /t /c Icacls "D:\Program Files(x86)" /grant %Username%:F /t /c Icacls D:\ProgramData /grant %Username%:F /t /c After executing the commands try deleting the folders.

[@gamingjoe9905]

@@KZbinStruggles why D, isn't it supposed to be C?

[@wolfgangwiedorn1223]

my laptop is totally messed up now, cannot step into the regedit mode to change it back anymore, any recommendations what I can do to solve the problem?

[@-XiDiA-]

I did all this and it working good. Question, should i now delete the program and program files 86 from C driver when i now got it on B DRIVER ?

[@roblox21242]

i tried to do but halfway it says i dont have admin access so it was half done, do you know how i can access fully? im login as admin

[@Octodaurus777]

hey man please help I cant even copy the program files from my C station to my ssd card, I get errors what do i need to do

[@poopybutpeepeebut1093]

My computer won’t turn on now so don’t do it if you skip files or if you have downloaded a lot of things

[@princebautista9843]

When you copied the program files to disk D can you delete it in Disk C?

[@boss_man]

NVIDIA and MS Office won't work if the directories are changed to other than C: at least in my experience.

[@Bewefau]

What windows is this for? Does that work for windows 7? Is this video on windows 8.1? I want to do this for windows 8 and 7

[@ahmadmaqsood3613]

Must be 64-bit Works for any windows but If your PC's system is 32Bit then it doesn't work,

[@koba3174]

This is a dumb question, I'm kinda afraid that if I copied the program files and paste it to my HDD, the HDD's Program Files might replace it, is this safe?

[@geralduseh7304]

mine isn't working it keeps telling me sprecified path does'nt exist what do i do

[@Anth0ny01]

Can you delete the program files from the c drive?

[@ROGUESPECTRE101]

First of all thanks for the video it helped I think. Second of all should you delete the program folders of your C drive once you've moved everything to your secondary drive?

[@YoutubeStruggles]

Hope it helps, when I did it there were some bits the I could not remove so I left some of it there as it was just a solution till I could afford a new hard drive. Another option is using a software that will move the files. I can't recall the name but I made a video on it.

[@SixS3v3nTwo]

I just finished installing a bunch of stuff only to realize it was all put on my ssd I only wanted to use my ssd to boot up windows everything else is supposed to go on the hd if I do this will the programs still work already installed?

[@YoutubeStruggles]

I will but icould cause complications. for programs that are already installed Id recomend using Symmover. I made a video on that and here is the link. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5XNZqCjl6ucjtE

[@musthaveV8]

This is what I plan to do on my pc as well. Any key advice before I get started? I’m only moving like 10 program files over.

[@YoutubeStruggles]

Using symmover is super straight forward and reversable so I would say to just go for it. If you want to use the regedit way then I'd have a whole list of warnings 😆

[@robertfrost8452]

It's better if you change the defaults directly through the windows 10 settings. If you change the registry as he suggests then it can cause some serious problems with your PC. If you already installed programs you would be better off uninstalling them. Once you set up your new storage options and defaults then reinstall the programs to that new drive. Yes, it will take time but you'll avoid the registry error problems that changing the registry may cause that could crash your PC. The best advice he gives is the idea of changing folder locations through the properties one at a time, but the quicker way is doing it directly through the windows 10 settings.

[@slapsmh2529]

After I did this I can’t download anything

[@islickrick2387]

I can’t get registry editor pulled up. When I type it in run it just gives me an error message. I’m assuming I can do the same in disk management?

[@yamxo17]

This method is not gonna work they don’t load the program after install some programs won’t load due to the driver not being the local driver that the os is on.

[@nerwinalesterbodios8854]

Do I have to delete the folders from my C drive? :D

[@eagles_claw7630]

does that mean that my epic games games go on the secondary drive i have by doing this

[@thedriper2983]

I only see "(default)" inside my current version

[@arifinrifat4064]

Thanks a lot, it worked for me❤️☺️

[@rexgrip5975]

When I copy and paste,what may i delete in that drive(in your situation is " C: ") ? Thanks

[@ShaePlayz]

NEVER MESS WITH REGISTRY

[@noah_akers1]

Thank you so much i installed tiny 10 on my old laptop on a small drive and i couldn't download anything i was struggling for so long

[@johnmanreal9786]

Will anything bad happen if I delete the files that I copied from my C drive to my other drive? I’m talking about the original files, not the copied ones.

[@Mylesent]

What command do you use for run

[@power5sval]

Hi this doesnt work for me and instead when I try to modify it, it says Error Writing the value's new contents

[@CarolMerloMEd]

Thanks so much for this video!

[@st4r444]

My epic games are still installing on c drive. Plus, the downloads folder didn't get move to my secondary drive but still in my c drive

[@iquitbro5231]

Is it bad my original disk is not working once I get the other one to be able to download?

[@danielmame6164]

after I've done this The Volume Does Not Contain a Recognized File System and must be reformat

[@michaelwydd93]

doesnt even work, downloads still go onto my C: drive

[@fatemajahan8795]

While copying program files, my PC is not letting me to copy 'configuration file'. It is saying you require permission from computer administrator to make changes of this folder. Please help me what to do.

[@shylitoe3251]

Creative Studio yo same bro I need help cause the comments are scary did it work?

[@oscarnavarro4293]

Could you please upload a video of how to reverse this, I would really apreciate that.

[@Bengt-kn8ku]

I would want that to

[@tyderyder6379]

Thank you so much!

[@josephmendez29]

I need some help please, i got the computer from my brother it is a msi but i need to download all the programs back cause it is a mess, is there any suggestion that your recommeded me. I already formated the computer as a new

[@ash1ss]

my reg editor only show 1 current windows

[@Static_Spooky]

I've fucked up my computer with that. How do I undo it?

[@evawagner2937]

At 4:32 when you said all of them im confuse on because you said put whatever drive you want to put it in so I put D on that one but idk where to put the rest of them at?

[@evawagner2937]

I accidentally changed default data to something wrong so I need Help really soon!

[@ayeoorandyx5]

i need help undoing all of this! my pc is extremely slow and microsoft edge wont even start, and my files are still going to the original storage! @6:00 where he says to replace all c drive into e drive does he me just those files that have c to e or all of them in the folder? cause i did them all!

[@zoeieray7021]

I have 3 files called REG_DWORD and only 1 REG_SZ what do i do with that? sorry for the wave of comments but im not tech savvy im pretty confused.

[@teflon7x398]

Thanks man. How do I do it for program data tho?

[@jasperbautista7337]

when i do this? did my steam or battle net or origin or epic games apps will move as well?

[@auntymurda]

How do I undo this? It’s telling me something about a path

[@jasperbautista7337]

why dont you do it to have an extra space on your os drive?

[@nitrostarz531]

Do we delete the program files that are in the normal hard drive?

[@davemick8620]

If you can it think edit the regedit only on a fresh install of windows or 1st time on before you do any software install.

[@MrJamie17694]

I've just done a fresh install of Windows 1 - 64bit, but one of the updates kept having a problem after changing the regedit locations. "Security Intelligence Update for Windows Defender Antivirus - KB2267602 (Version 1.305.2686.0) -Error 0x80070643" Any thoughts?

[@Mellow-od3fg]

for the current version I only have default how do I get the other files.

[@vincentwhite377]

This did not work for me.

[@barrystv]

What version of windows are you using?

[@urmom-qn6wo]

this didn't work @ all for me

[@alexandrecomposer]

It didn't work for me

[@zz_gandon]

Thanks, now I can't open any program even registry editor

[@MrJamie17694]

Just changed the location from C:\ to D:\ and having some issues with Windows updating. Most of the updates were able to go through, but the following says there was a problem; "Security Intelligence Update for Windows Defender Antivirus - KB2267602 (Version 1.305.2686.0) -Error 0x80070643" Any advise?

[@SG-kp2ql]

did you try putting the c:\ drive back as default then try the update?

[@MrJamie17694]

@@SG-kp2ql There was no need in the end. It was an issue with the updates itself. Gave it a few days and they eventually went through.

[@SG-kp2ql]

Ah okay, good to know cuz im about to try doing this

[@definc345ytxd9]

Thanks you my other drive was so low my other drive had 400gb out of 700gb and i finally can play gta v and oher games

[@theoell2049]

So when i install fresh new windows i can make from that moment that all programs video music files picture etr save by default on a different drive or partition and when will install fresh windows after 3 years installed fresh windows when i first login into will they have same appearance as nothing change since desktop also will be default on other drive, not c drive?

[@joaovitorsilvagohl682]

Should i delete Program files from C: ?

[@marvinosahon-entiosa987]

Your a legend thanks you so much

[@kenanismayilov8370]

must I copy and past program files and program files x86 then go to change default spaces with run?

[@kenanismayilov8370]

And program files must stay in C drive and D drive(both of them?)?

[@38ocin]

Hello can i do the folder users also place om E drive?

[@EclipticSir]

thanks brother