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Tom — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:55:14 -0000

It always says that there was an error when modifying it. Could this have to do with administrative privileges?

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max — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:06:44 -0000

thank you thank you thank you

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nagaraj — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:50:44 -0000

Nice to know

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Anonymous — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:43:11 -0000

Is this change supported by MS ?

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Anonymous — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:39:08 -0000

Is this change supported by MS ?

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Anonymous — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 04:13:35 -0000

Hello

When ever I try to install anything the windows installer tries to put it in "i" drive. This would probly be good if I had an i drive. I followed the path given and this does not seem to be where the drive letter has been changed.

Is there any other place this could be changed?

Thx Sno

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Anonymous — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:26:26 -0000

What does ProgramFilesPath do? The default is %ProgramFiles%. Is it okay to to set ProgramFilesDir to a folder that isn't "Program Files" or does ProgramFilesPath have to be changed?

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Eddie — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:50:10 -0000

well, i know a program that can modify registry paths that point to the old default installation directory, and replace them for new paths that point to the current default installation directory.
It is Registrar Lite, a freeware that make search and replace:

http://www.resplendence.com/registry/reglite.htm

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Owl — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 06:32:17 -0000

Is there programs for change paths in wxp registry? :?:

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KJ — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 02:12:46 -0000

Been looking for this! thanks!

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Owl — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 01:27:24 -0000

How change all program paths for my new default installation directory?? :?

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Anonymous — Sat, 23 Oct 2004 20:33:15 -0000

del programfilesdir in the regedit. create new key with the same name. but use multi string value. add the new directory example d:Program Files. dont del the c:Program Files where system files are stored. now you can store software in a seperate dir also run outlook express. i hope.

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Sri — Thu, 21 Oct 2004 19:27:37 -0000

how to retain c:Program Files and add d:Program Files also in the programfiles dir. do you have to change the programfiles path also ?
will the addition of drive rather than changing the drive allow the oqtlook express?

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Anonymous — Sun, 03 Oct 2004 13:28:22 -0000

There is no "ProgramFilesDir" in my registry.

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Yan — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 06:34:57 -0000

thank you very much, your post was very helpless, thanks a lot!!

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Brahmadomtao — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:21:24 -0000

Debbie, I think -no insult here- that this is a bit too technical for you to start delving into registry settings.

In the meantime,

Left click "my computer", right click on whatever hard drive you have a question about, scroll down to "properties" on it and there most likely will be an image of what looks like a #3D circle, the blue part is the used up space, the pink is what is free still; both are represented visually and in bytes or megabytes or gigabytes (GB). If there is NO pink or VERY LITTLE in comparrison you need a bigger hard drive and FAST. Regardless, hit that button that says "Disk Cleanup" and once it finishes it's looking for mostly totally useless things to get rid of, select them all and have it clean them off your hard drive. Then at the top of that SAME WINDOW, hit the "TOOLS" tab and select the "defrag now" button. IN win2k and older it will just start right up, in XP it will pop open another window much like the "my computer" window, with that drive already selected. Just click the "defragment" button on the bottom of that window (in XP). Repeat this process for each and every drive.
might take a while if you haven't done it.

Whe you finish that go into "start" (Bottom left corner of your screen), programs/accessories/systemtools/scheduled tasks (each foward slash represents going "Deeper" into a file structure or "browsing" to a new place inside that other place) and set up a new task for disk cleanup and defragmentation for all drives once a week when you are pretty sure you won't be working on the computer. Make sure you turn off your screen saver as well for when that event is scheduled as sometimes (not sure if they fixed that in XP) it will cause the event to NOT happen!

When you are done with that you're well on your way to starting to understand some crucial maintenance issues. If there is more problems post again but do NOT tinker with your registry unless you understand what you are doing, EVEN if you back it up. I hope I am not being condescending or patronizing here, just worried you're in over your head and gonna mess up your operating system reading too technical forums where a lot of critical information is excluded 8O because people here have a certain degree and proficiancy already and know how to do the more basic advanced tasks!
8)

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Debbie — Sat, 28 Aug 2004 14:56:37 -0000

I tried this (I changed the default to C: not D:) , but it is still won't install my programs on c: because it says I don't have enough disk space. I do on c:, not on D:. How do I have it check the c: drive for the disk space requirements?

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BERT02 — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 00:13:40 -0000

how do u put your user to the otehr drive?

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AlexTheBeast — Sun, 25 Jul 2004 10:09:02 -0000

Navigate inside the registry editor...

Start -> run -> type regedit

You are dealing with the registry here. Backup, save restore points, etc.... before playing with the registry.

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EWITHAY — Sun, 25 Jul 2004 06:13:56 -0000

"navigate to " . . . perhaps you could tell me how to do that. i cannot "navigate to " cause i have no idea where to start. thanks

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New guy jet — Mon, 10 May 2004 15:51:07 -0000

I can only think of one solution. Don't use the dodgy "Outlook Express" Plain "Outook" that comes with office is a little bit better.

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trev — Sat, 10 Jan 2004 14:13:58 -0000

I just did this on my computer and think it is great! (XP Pro) However, Outlook Express will no longer work unless I change it back. What can I do?