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Moving programs from drive C to D

runzwithsizorz

runzwithsizorz

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Have a win 7 64 ROG laptop with 2 HD's. Drive C is getting filled while drive has lots of room. (Drive C is now "in the red"). :'( I know C is operating systems, and I have installed most games on D. However, here are some files I would like to move with a simple "del and copy" commands . Is this safe to do without losing important data?

Dragon Age Origins and mods (download from Origin and Nexus. All other Origin games and Origin itself are on D)
Program Files such as Windows media player, windows firewall,cc claeaner, google, realtek, Asus, DVD maker and a slew of others. I would be reluctant to move any Windows programs, but what about the others?

The Wife
 
Use junction.

On my setup, I install everyone onto C drive then copy the folders to other drive then create the junction back to the original location. That way, I can move things in and out of my OS SSD drive whenever I want.
 
runzwithsizorz said:
Have a win 7 64 ROG laptop with 2 HD's. Drive C is getting filled while drive has lots of room. (Drive C is now "in the red"). :'( I know C is operating systems, and I have installed most games on D. However, here are some files I would like to move with a simple "del and copy" commands . Is this safe to do without losing important data?

Dragon Age Origins and mods (download from Origin and Nexus. All other Origin games and Origin itself are on D)
Program Files such as Windows media player, windows firewall,cc claeaner, google, realtek, Asus, DVD maker and a slew of others. I would be reluctant to move any Windows programs, but what about the others?

The Wife
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There is a fine little program called "Steam Mover" that can do what you want it to do. It was designed to work with steam games, but in principle, I think you can use it with any type of applications.
 
Moved documents from C to D and set D as my default save drive. Found step by step instructions on Microsoft Help. 😉

Create a new documents folder on the D drive.
2. Right-click the new folder and click Include in Library > Documents .
3. Click Start > Documents .
4. Double-click My Documents to show its contents.
5. Drag and drop the files to the new folder.
6. Press F5 to refresh the view.
7. Under Documents Library , click locations .
8. Right-click the new folder and click Set as default save location .
9. [Optional] Click My Documents and click Remove .

Thanks to all,

The Wife
 
nk215 said:
Use junction.

On my setup, I install everyone onto C drive then copy the folders to other drive then create the junction back to the original location. That way, I can move things in and out of my OS SSD drive whenever I want.
Click to expand...

Junction Link Magic is good for that.


runzwithsizorz said:
Moved documents from C to D and set D as my default save drive. Found step by step instructions on Microsoft Help. 😉

Create a new documents folder on the D drive.
2. Right-click the new folder and click Include in Library > Documents .
3. Click Start > Documents .
4. Double-click My Documents to show its contents.
5. Drag and drop the files to the new folder.
6. Press F5 to refresh the view.
7. Under Documents Library , click locations .
8. Right-click the new folder and click Set as default save location .
9. [Optional] Click My Documents and click Remove .

Thanks to all,

The Wife
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Good as long as it works with your backup routine.
 
Do a cut and copy from drive c: to drive d:.. what ever directory you want and then

do a command in the cmd prompt window..

Junction c:\where the old directory was d:\where the new directory was moved too..

You dont have to change anything! Any time a program access data in the original installation directory, it gets pointed to drive d:.. Windows itself uses this function xtensively hence they say you need a special program that knows about hard/soft links to copy all the files properly.. I moved my c:\program files (86)\opera to d:\opera and then pointed it back to c: with junction c:\program files (86)\opera d:\opera

I have moved most everything that changes onto drive d:, so I can image drive c: and after restoring all my apps continue as if nothing happened since they are all on drive d:

play around with hard/soft links and they are very flexiable and there are programs out there that install hooks to make all this work easier like moving and renaming directories which are actually links..
 
Your registryr is gonna be a mess,,, ,, you get program errors where they expect C but get D as you put it. Dont bother,, do a upgrade or clean,,, no use beating a dead horse.
 
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