Hi, Does anyone know of a program that will move the Program Files folder to another drive, along with changing the registry entries for each program? I have way too many programs installed to uninstall and reinstall them one by one....it would take weeks! I read here...(http://www.aumha.org/a/parts.htm)...that you could put your Program files on another drive and I'd like to do that to free up some space on my Win2k drive. Thanks so much, DebY

Hi Deb, I don't have a solution; but a comment. I've wonderecd if having a 9x / 2k setup would cause problems, because both put installed programs in c:\Program Files by default. And many program installs don't give you a choice. I'll watch this thread to see if anyone has a viable solution. M2 Mechanix2Go@Golden-Triangle.com

Hi. Try having a look here:- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion and then in the right hand pane ProgramFilesDir. This will probably be C:\Program Files I seem to remember that this can be changed to, for example E:\Program Files, but you might want to check first. Certainly back up the registery first. Hope this helps Chris E

It's quite common to install into D:\Program Files. I don't know about moving them but, installing there is never a problem. _________________________ The internet is no longer a toy, it's a COMBAT ZONE!

Just had another read. The reply I left above is for changing the default target drive when you install programs, not for moving them when they are already installed. Don't know the answer to that one, sorry. ChrisE

I would recomend backing up anything that is important and reformating your drive, keeping in mind that you need to do any partitioning during the setup process. Then when the OS is installed, the first thing you do (even before installing drivers) is change the program files folder location as discribed above. This may sond like a lot of work but in the long run it is probably the best thng to do, esspecially if you really have that much stuff on the computer.

First my rant... You just gotta love people who can't read. Kevin L. you sir are a tool. Everybody knows that your recomendation is the BEST way to do it, but As DebY stated he/she did NOT want to do this because it would take too much time. If you don't have a solution don't post. Martin Crandall you can join him. [/rant] Ok DebY, I went looking for a way to do just this and I ran across your problem while searching for a solution to mine. I recently bought a new HDD and after moving some data around, resized my old HDD. I to want to move my ALREADY INSTALLED (all caps for the ppl who can't read) program files from my C:/BOOT drive to my recently vacated D: drive (my old music / downloads drive), thus leaving C: for the O/S only (WinXP PRO) I've been researching for a month or so and this is all i've come up with. 2 programs going by the names of... **--Move Me--** program: http://www.spearit.com/downloads.html instructions: http://www.spearit.com/new_drive.html manual: http://www.spearit.com/downloads/MoveMe_UserGuide.pdf **--Alohabob's PC Relocator Ultra Control--** ...may be able to help us, however, both require that the target drive be a boot drive. I notice that you have a dual boot system, but you prolly don't want your programs on either boot partition huh. PC Relocator seems only to work between 2 computers but might be able to be fooled into thinking another boot drive is a seperate PC (still investigating this one) These options are not to my liking, as I really don't want to create another boot drive. Do a little reading and see if they are satisfactory for you. I am still looking for a better way though, so rest assured i'm still on the case. I'll check back in if I find a better solution. P.S. Also try logging a support request with Microsoft. Their tech people know the ins and outs of the Windows file system and might know of a easy method to relocate already installed programs. IronM@sk out