Sven,
Will all future installation of programs be place on the E: drive after
making this registry change? I don't necessarily want that to happen. I
use my E: drive for any programs the kids are installing. That way they
won't fowl up the OS which by the way is XP home with SP2 and all current
updates.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sven" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Installing AIM to different drive
> Hello Dave,
>
> There is a minor Registry change you can make to change the default
> location
> for program installation. Although this is easy and simple to do, never
> attempt any changes to the Registry without first making a backup. You can
> use a small program called ERUNT (Emergency Recovery Utility NT) for this.
> You can get it here:
>
> ERUNT and NTREGOPT:
> http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
>
> The NTREGOPT (NT Registry Optimizer) is part of the download and
> instructions for both are on the download site. Depending on your system,
> the backup will probably be 15-20 MB in size. The default save location is
> C:\WINDOWS\ERDNT. You will have an opportunity to change it and I
> recommend
> your E: drive or a partition other than the one Windows is installed on.
> You
> may want to copy it to a CD or an external drive if one is available.
>
> After you make the backup, go to Start\Run and type "regedit" in the Open
> text box. Click "OK". This launches the Registry Editor.
>
> In the Registry Editor, go to the following Registry key:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
>
> In the right pane of the console, right-click the ProgramFilesDir entry.
>
> Click Modify.
>
> In the Edit String dialog box, type in a new path, such as "E:\Program
> Files" (that will set the new default location as the Program Files folder
> on the E: drive).
>
> Click "OK". Go to File\Exit to close the Registry Editor.
>
> Sven Swanson, Sr.
> The NoSpin Group, Inc.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Schroeder" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 2:53 PM
> Subject: [PCSOFT] Installing AIM to different drive
>
>
> Hello Listers,
> AIM (AOL Inatant Messenger) recently came out with version 6 and prompted
> me
> to update from version 5.9. Naturally I went to install it but
> unfortunately it installed it on my C: drive. I wanted to install it on
> my
> E: drive where I have version 5.9. I uninstalled it and went tried to
> reinstall it paying close attention where I had the opportunity to change
> the drive to install to. I never say or was given the chance to.
> It appears that AOL assumes it will be installed on everyones C: drive. I
> thought it would automatically install over version 5.9 which is on my E:
> drive.
> Does anyone know how to change the default install drive to another drive?
> I've installed and uninstalled twice so far and until I can find out how
> to
> change drives I'll stick with my current version.
> TIA
> Dave Schroeder
>
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