Windows10 application installation location modification method diagram tutorial

                                                                                                                                                                                         In the Windows 8 era, Microsoft has restricted Windows application store applications to only be installed on the C drive. In this regard, many users are complaining, because the C drive space is too tight. And now in Windows 10, Microsoft has considered this issue and provided a solution. So how to modify the Windows 10 application installation location? Let's take a look at the modification method.

How to install the application to other partitions
The first method
Open the settings ——system——save, you will see the "Save Location" setting on the right side, Here you can set up the application to install to other partitions, even mobile storage devices (including mobile hard drives or USB sticks), but not to network
drives.

This feature does not require you to format the selected partition, so the original files in the partition can be retained. However, for insurance reasons, you should back up your own files.
If you choose to install to a mobile storage device, when you disconnect the mobile storage device, the application installed on the mobile device will not open, but the system will still work normally. After reconnecting the mobile storage device, the application can be restored. normal.
When you choose to install the app to other partitions, the system will automatically create three new folders in the partition: one of the folders has the same name as your computer
, which is used to save the user profile. The two folders are WindowsApps and WpSystem, WindowsApps is used to save application files, and WpSystem is used to save application-related data. You can open these folders to view the files.

In the WindowsApps folder, the files are encrypted, so if you install the app to a mobile storage device, you don't have to worry about this data loss if the device is lost. However, the saved user configuration folder is not encrypted. It is still a preview version and may be encrypted in subsequent versions.

The second method
Step 1, open the registry editor, the method is: open the start menu, left click to run, after the run dialog box, enter regedit

steps 2. Locate the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion
Step 3. On the right side, you can find the project whose value is ProgramFilesDir. The default value data is “C:\\Program Files”. Change this value to the path you need to set, such as “D:\\Program Files”, then make sure to quit the Registry Editor

After changing the application installation location, only new applications will be installed to the new Location, installed apps will not be automatically transferred.
This feature is very useful for Windows tablets with only 32GB of storage space, users can finally install applications to external storage devices such as SD cards. As for the computer
of the large-capacity hard disk, if you allow it, it is recommended that you try to give the C disk more space.