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How to move "Program Files" to another drive/partition
The way I have had my past several machines configured is to have a number of
different drives/partitions configured eg 'System' (C, 'Programs (P, Files (F which contains 'My Documents', downloads, Setup and other files etc On XP this was achieved by the brute force method - boot to 'Safe Mode', move the 'Program Files' folder from C: to P: and then edit the registry, changing every occurence of 'C:\Pro' to 'P:\Pro'. After this and rebooting the machine worked fine and all new programs installed to the new drive. I've recently downloaded 'Vista Ultimate' and have attempted to do the same as formerly on XP as detailed, but after rebooting many programs will not work, and running a Setup file from CD throws up an error. Is there a means by which this can be achieved as it does make backup of the System drive (C somewhat quicker. |
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How to move "Program Files" to another drive/partition
You can move the profiles via Local Policy via the MMC. It takes a little
work, but it does indeed work. Bill F. "Pud" wrote in message ... The way I have had my past several machines configured is to have a number of different drives/partitions configured eg 'System' (C, 'Programs (P, Files (F which contains 'My Documents', downloads, Setup and other files etc On XP this was achieved by the brute force method - boot to 'Safe Mode', move the 'Program Files' folder from C: to P: and then edit the registry, changing every occurence of 'C:\Pro' to 'P:\Pro'. After this and rebooting the machine worked fine and all new programs installed to the new drive. I've recently downloaded 'Vista Ultimate' and have attempted to do the same as formerly on XP as detailed, but after rebooting many programs will not work, and running a Setup file from CD throws up an error. Is there a means by which this can be achieved as it does make backup of the System drive (C somewhat quicker. |
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How to move "Program Files" to another drive/partition
Hey people, I figured out a good way to do this. Start the computer with the Vista installer CD and run the system recovery tool -- specifically, the command prompt. Windows will have some files in the Users and Program Files folders locked, so it has to be done from another OS instance. First we xcopy the Users and Program Files folders to the destination drive; then we rename (or remove) the original folders and replace them with 'junctions' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_junction_point) pointing to the copied folders. For all intents and purposes, Vista becomes oblivious to the fact that anything had moved. You don't have to tinker with the registry. I think this trick would probably work for Windows XP as well. I've made a .bat script that does this; you can either use this or punch everything in in the command prompt yourself. %1 is assumed to be the source drive and %2 is assumed to be the destination drive. Be sure to specify these parameters before you run the script. Code: -------------------- %2 cd \ mkdir "Program Files" cd "Program Files" %1 xcopy "%1\Program Files" %2 /s /h rename "Program Files" "Program Files_" mklink /j "Program Files" "%2\Program Files" %2 cd \ mkdir "Users" cd "Users" %1 xcopy "%1\Users" %2 /s /h rename "Users" "Users_" mklink /j "Users" "%2\Users" -------------------- Sample usage would be as follows: Code: -------------------- movefolders.bat c: b: -------------------- Hope this helps, Rei -- reinux Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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How to move "Program Files" to another drive/partition
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-- Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia "reinux" wrote: Hey people, I figured out a good way to do this. Start the computer with the Vista installer CD and run the system recovery tool -- specifically, the command prompt. Windows will have some files in the Users and Program Files folders locked, so it has to be done from another OS instance. First we xcopy the Users and Program Files folders to the destination drive; then we rename (or remove) the original folders and replace them with 'junctions' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_junction_point) pointing to the copied folders. For all intents and purposes, Vista becomes oblivious to the fact that anything had moved. You don't have to tinker with the registry. I think this trick would probably work for Windows XP as well. I've made a .bat script that does this; you can either use this or punch everything in in the command prompt yourself. %1 is assumed to be the source drive and %2 is assumed to be the destination drive. Be sure to specify these parameters before you run the script. Code: -------------------- %2 cd \ mkdir "Program Files" cd "Program Files" %1 xcopy "%1\Program Files" %2 /s /h rename "Program Files" "Program Files_" mklink /j "Program Files" "%2\Program Files" %2 cd \ mkdir "Users" cd "Users" %1 xcopy "%1\Users" %2 /s /h rename "Users" "Users_" mklink /j "Users" "%2\Users" -------------------- Sample usage would be as follows: Code: -------------------- movefolders.bat c: b: -------------------- Hope this helps, Rei -- reinux Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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How to move "Program Files" to another drive/partition
Because I want my Program Files and User profiles on my software RAID. Windows can't be installed to a software RAID. -- reinux Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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How to move "Program Files" to another drive/partition
I have another theory on solving this issue. I'd like to keep NTFS junction points out of the picture. Therefor, my solution goes something like this. Change the following registry key: -HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ ProgramFilesDir\- This is Windows main reference on %PROGRAMFILES%. Thing is, Windows itself is locking many of the files within this folder, so you can't re-target the whole folder right away. So, grab an FreeDOS/MSDOS/Hiren/whatever boot disc, and then move (eg. -'ren "C:\Program Files" "D:\Progs"'-) Some people say you could just boot into fail-safe mode, and you'd be able to rename the directory. I haven't tried it, so I wouldn't know. To be honest, I havn't tried this method at all, it's all theory for now. But it sounds like a plan. Just to be safe, after successfully booting with the new main registry key, plus the changed directory, you could search the registry in its whole for oldisch \Program files\ entries, and pull a simple "Replace all" on that. So, any thoughts, ideas? -- Gew Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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How to move "Program Files" to another drive/partition
I have another theory on solving this issue. I'd like to keep NTFS junction points out of the picture. Therefor, my solution goes something like this. Change the following registry key: -HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ ProgramFilesDir\- This is Windows main reference on %PROGRAMFILES%. Thing is, Windows itself is locking many of the files within this folder, so you can't re-target the whole folder right away. So, grab an FreeDOS/MSDOS/Hiren/whatever boot disc, and then move (eg. -'ren "C:\Program Files" "D:\Progs"'-) Some people say you could just boot into fail-safe mode, and you'd be able to rename the directory. I haven't tried it, so I wouldn't know. To be honest, I havn't tried this method at all, it's all theory for now. But it sounds like a plan. Just to be safe, after successfully booting with the new main registry key, plus the changed directory, you could search the registry in its whole for oldisch \Program files\ entries, and pull a simple "Replace all" on that. So, any thoughts, ideas? -- Gew Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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How to move "Program Files" to another drive/partition
Why try so hard to complicate a proven operating system?
All you are doing is slowing the system down. "Gew" wrote in message ... I have another theory on solving this issue. I'd like to keep NTFS junction points out of the picture. Therefor, my solution goes something like this. Change the following registry key: -HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ ProgramFilesDir\- This is Windows main reference on %PROGRAMFILES%. Thing is, Windows itself is locking many of the files within this folder, so you can't re-target the whole folder right away. So, grab an FreeDOS/MSDOS/Hiren/whatever boot disc, and then move (eg. -'ren "C:\Program Files" "D:\Progs"'-) Some people say you could just boot into fail-safe mode, and you'd be able to rename the directory. I haven't tried it, so I wouldn't know. To be honest, I havn't tried this method at all, it's all theory for now. But it sounds like a plan. Just to be safe, after successfully booting with the new main registry key, plus the changed directory, you could search the registry in its whole for oldisch \Program files\ entries, and pull a simple "Replace all" on that. So, any thoughts, ideas? -- Gew Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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How to move "Program Files" to another drive/partition
Why try so hard to complicate a proven operating system? All you are doing is slowing the system down. "Gew" wrote in message ... I have another theory on solving this issue. I'd like to keep NTFS junction points out of the picture. Therefor, my solution goes something like this. Change the following registry key: -HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ ProgramFilesDir\- This is Windows main reference on %PROGRAMFILES%. Thing is, Windows itself is locking many of the files within this folder, so you can't re-target the whole folder right away. So, grab an FreeDOS/MSDOS/Hiren/whatever boot disc, and then move (eg. -'ren "C:\Program Files" "D:\Progs"'-) Some people say you could just boot into fail-safe mode, and you'd be able to rename the directory. I haven't tried it, so I wouldn't know. To be honest, I havn't tried this method at all, it's all theory for now. But it sounds like a plan. Just to be safe, after successfully booting with the new main registry key, plus the changed directory, you could search the registry in its whole for oldisch \Program files\ entries, and pull a simple "Replace all" on that. So, any thoughts, ideas? -- Gew Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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How to move "Program Files" to another drive/partition
Badger;1682193 Wrote: Why try so hard to complicate a proven operating system? All you are doing is slowing the system down. "Gew" wrote in message ... I have another theory on solving this issue. I'd like to keep NTFS junction points out of the picture. Therefor, my solution goes something like this. Change the following registry key: -HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ ProgramFilesDir\- This is Windows main reference on %PROGRAMFILES%. Thing is, Windows itself is locking many of the files within this folder, so you can't re-target the whole folder right away. So, grab an FreeDOS/MSDOS/Hiren/whatever boot disc, and then move (eg. -'ren "C:\Program Files" "D:\Progs"'-) Some people say you could just boot into fail-safe mode, and you'd be able to rename the directory. I haven't tried it, so I wouldn't know. To be honest, I havn't tried this method at all, it's all theory for now. But it sounds like a plan. Just to be safe, after successfully booting with the new main registry key, plus the changed directory, you could search the registry in its whole for oldisch \Program files\ entries, and pull a simple "Replace all" on that. So, any thoughts, ideas? -- Gew Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com How am I slowing Windoze down by changing this key? After all, the regkey is for reference, huh? The idea is -- of course -- that I dislike the 'long path' of default %PROGRAMFILES%. I'm using NTFS junction points to have access through eg. C:\P\ for now, but moving the whole kit and kaboodle sounds nifty to me! -- Gew Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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