Note : Any operations involving system drive are risky. Once you made a wrong step, you might suffer from serious system errors. So, before we start, make a backup first!
If you hope to move the entire Program Files folder to D drive once for all, you can turn to useful Windows inbuilt features for help. Warning: If you do so, you may experience either of the following problems: 1. Microsoft hotfixes, updates, and security updates may not be installed correctly. Step 1. Step 2. Make sure you have closed all your programs before beginning this process.
Afterward, follow the next steps:. This process may take several minutes. Press and hold "Win" and "R" keys at the same time and Run tool will be opened. Type "Regedit" on the white box and then click "OK. You have to change the location.
Just erase the letter and type the correct one, in this case, it should be the letter "D. You can also use mklink command through Command Prompt, this command creates a directory or symbolic file or hard link.
You can use this to link the program files to your new location in this case, your D Drive. Doing so is not difficult, just follow the following steps to be able to do this task:. Take into account that this process may take several minutes. Go to win menu and type "CMD", then right-click on its icon and select "Run as Administrator" option. This step will link D Drive as the new directory to Program Files.
Remember that "D" character is for the new link drive. If it has a different character you should type it instead of "D. The processes that have been shown on rare occasions generate a loss of information, however, they are not exempt from something like this happening.
If you do not have a backup and something went wrong, you will surely think that there is no solution, but there is Recoverit , professional software to recover your files, documents, and programs even if they were completely deleted.
Just do the following to recover your information:. Launch Recoverit and look into "Hard Disk Drives". Your drive will be there. Select and click on "Start".
Step 2: Run the tool. Then click System Disk in the left function menu and select Downloads Transfer in the upper place of the right pane. And you can see that all the downloaded files have already been checked for you. Move programs to another drive via Registry This method is offered by a user from Microsoft Community, we sort out it for you. Create a new folder named "Program Files 86 " in the C drive or another drive. Copy "Program Files" and "Program Files x86 " directories to the new folder.
Step 5. Step 6. Find the folder path and change the C to another drive. Method 3. Move programs to another drive with a handy tool As the two methods we mentioned above, both have the risk of failure or even damage. Still Need Help? Have your problem been solved? If not, please input query in the search box below.
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