I have Origin installed on my data HDD so it must have given me the option back when I installed. I usually choose custom installs when installing anything though as it gives more options (like install directory) when installing.
The game installs are where are all space is used, so that's the important one to allow installing on other drives or in other folders. I don't care about the Origin client itself.
Right - but Origin has no 'custom install' option.
You just press a button to install, and it always goes to the system 'default' install location - the SSD by default in my case.
Odd. It has been awhile (over a year I think) since I installed Origin but in win7 it let me put it on a non-os drive....
I installed Origin about two months ago and I got the option to install it in a different location.
- edit - I just removed it and went to install it again using the installer from the Origin site, and after clicking 'Next', the option to change the install location was the option at the top of the list of options.
The client takes such little space that I never even noticed.
This, plus I prefer to give up that little space to have faster load times for the client. Both Steam and Origin go on my SSD while all games go to an HD, This is a situation where there is no situation ....
Programs should let the user specify the destination.
Your not wanting to change the destination doesn't change that.
There's no way to prove it, but I'd bet big money that it was always there and you just missed it until it was pointed out. Installers usually have a big white box that shows install location though, so I don't blame you for missing it.