Can program filesx86 be moved

[a98gsxr]

Can you move "programfilesx86" to another partition on another drive? I dont want to crowd my system partition with all my x86 programs. I want to move from C drive to D drive, D drive is a completely different physical drive then C.

Any help is greatly appreciated

[JatinBeniwal]

yes you can manually set program directory through nlite some programs can also change installation diectory like xpmanager but for 64 bit search a software in google

Edited January 5, 2009 by JatinBeniwal

[a98gsxr]

nlite says it's a custom installation program, I have already installed xp64, am I too late? If I just create the folder "D:programfiles(x86)" will the os recognize programs I put in there? Does it matter where I put things? Will it scerw up the registry? What does "unattended" mean?

Thanks for your help

[meihong]

Backup your your registry, Backup your system partition, then go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

change the value of

ProgramFilesDir (x86)

to

D:\programfiles(x86)

and the value of

CommonFilesDir (x86)

to

D:\programfiles(x86)\CommonFiles

or whatever path you like.

If you already installed something in C:\programfiles(x86), then search the Registry for C:\programfiles(x86) and programfiles(x86) (some software uses C?\programfiles(x86)) and change the values according to your wishes.

Complex Installation (f.e. antirus or firewall) could get messy using this procedure, so its best to uninstall these and then do a reinstall.

there is no such thing as windows recognizing programs. it is nothing without you