Determine precise installation spots for any software or feature completely.
Determine precise installation spots for any software or feature completely.
You’re dealing with a laptop setup where the 128 GB SSD is handling the C drive and the 1TB HDD is the D drive. It’s becoming frustrating because you can’t manage where programs are placed even after moving the CommonFile and ProgramFile folders to the HDD. Some apps still install files on the SSD, while others occupy space on the C drive despite your changes. You’re wondering if there’s a way to control this behavior so unrelated files stay on the D drive instead of the C drive. It’s also worrying about running out of space for updates and important data, as unwanted files are taking up room on the C drive.
yes there is a "hack", called symlink (symbolic link), you create a dummy folder (ex.ProgramData / ProgramFiles) and link that folder to the folder in your HDD. So everytime a program install, it will copy the files to the ProgramData on your HDD, Always. But this is counter intuitive, say something like davinci resolve that need a high bandwidth, won't get that from your hdd, might as well don't use the ssd at all. There's a reason for certain app to have the important files in the boot drive. If i were you, i would up the boot disk to 256 at least, if youre not editing videos, 128 is enough.