Change location of Application Data folder to another drive?

Hi,

Is it possible to change the location of the folder Application Data
from C:\Windows to another drive?

Thanks
Gerald

I've actually not tried moving that one in Win98. However, you can try and report
your findings. I think you will find that all the programs that use that location
to create their sub-folders there, will have to be uninstalled and reinstalled after
the move, or they won't know where to look.

First, drag the folder to the new location you want to use.

Next, look in the Registry at this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders

There will be a value named "AppData"
Double-click it, change the path to the path for your new location, and click OK.

Reboot.

See if that works.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Gerald Bramwell" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Is it possible to change the location of the folder Application Data
from C:\Windows to another drive?

Thanks
Gerald

Glen
How about, after changing the target in the registry, deleting the contents
of the old folder, while still leaving it there? - That way, any apps that
have the folder hard-coded would still find it present, and it should be a
fairly simple matter to sort out the problem ones, and deal appropriately.

I'll have a play.....

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
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"glee" wrote in message
...
I've actually not tried moving that one in Win98. However, you can try
and report
your findings. I think you will find that all the programs that use that
location
to create their sub-folders there, will have to be uninstalled and
reinstalled after
the move, or they won't know where to look.

First, drag the folder to the new location you want to use.

Next, look in the Registry at this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders

There will be a value named "AppData"
Double-click it, change the path to the path for your new location, and
click OK.

Reboot.

See if that works.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Gerald Bramwell" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Is it possible to change the location of the folder Application Data
from C:\Windows to another drive?

Thanks
Gerald

Hmm - it looks like there's another value that has to be changed - my VPC
brought up a Ddhelp error on first reboot, and reverted to the old entry
thereafter......

If I copy the contents of the old folder across to the new one, then the
system reboots OK - OE works fine without messing around, but still looks in
the old folder
.....and the entry has reverted again!!

Perhaps the HKLM\Software\MicrosoftWindows\\CurrentVersion\exp lorer\Shell
Folders entries need to be addressed also??



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Glen
How about, after changing the target in the registry, deleting the
contents of the old folder, while still leaving it there? - That way, any
apps that have the folder hard-coded would still find it present, and it
should be a fairly simple matter to sort out the problem ones, and deal
appropriately.

I'll have a play.....

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"glee" wrote in message
...
I've actually not tried moving that one in Win98. However, you can try
and report
your findings. I think you will find that all the programs that use that
location
to create their sub-folders there, will have to be uninstalled and
reinstalled after
the move, or they won't know where to look.

First, drag the folder to the new location you want to use.

Next, look in the Registry at this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders

There will be a value named "AppData"
Double-click it, change the path to the path for your new location, and
click OK.

Reboot.

See if that works.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Gerald Bramwell" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Is it possible to change the location of the folder Application Data
from C:\Windows to another drive?

Thanks
Gerald

Do a Search/Replace.... ('C:\Windows\Application Data' - 'C:\AppData')
That gets it everywhere else but the HKCU and HKLM keys!
Is that thing hard-coded? - or what?? - I can't find any file containing the
string anywhere in the Windows folder ('C:\Windows\Application Data')


I wonder - is that entry in
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\ProfileReconciliation\AppData]
blocking it?


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Hmm - it looks like there's another value that has to be changed - my VPC
brought up a Ddhelp error on first reboot, and reverted to the old entry
thereafter......

If I copy the contents of the old folder across to the new one, then the
system reboots OK - OE works fine without messing around, but still looks
in the old folder
....and the entry has reverted again!!

Perhaps the HKLM\Software\MicrosoftWindows\\CurrentVersion\exp lorer\Shell
Folders entries need to be addressed also??



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Glen
How about, after changing the target in the registry, deleting the
contents of the old folder, while still leaving it there? - That way, any
apps that have the folder hard-coded would still find it present, and it
should be a fairly simple matter to sort out the problem ones, and deal
appropriately.

I'll have a play.....

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"glee" wrote in message
...
I've actually not tried moving that one in Win98. However, you can try
and report
your findings. I think you will find that all the programs that use
that location
to create their sub-folders there, will have to be uninstalled and
reinstalled after
the move, or they won't know where to look.

First, drag the folder to the new location you want to use.

Next, look in the Registry at this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders

There will be a value named "AppData"
Double-click it, change the path to the path for your new location, and
click OK.

Reboot.

See if that works.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Gerald Bramwell" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Is it possible to change the location of the folder Application Data
from C:\Windows to another drive?

Thanks
Gerald

snip
Hi,

Is it possible to change the location of the folder Application Data
from C:\Windows to another drive?

Thanks
Gerald







I have to ask ..for what purpose ?

"Haggis" wrote in message
...
snip
Hi,

Is it possible to change the location of the folder Application Data
from C:\Windows to another drive?

Thanks
Gerald







I have to ask ..for what purpose ?

speculates
He wants to free some space on the C: drive?
AFAIK, there's no other significant user of the Application Data folder than
OE - in which case the OP may be better off just using the GUI wizard in OE
Tools | Maintenance to move that, rather than risk breaking something that
doesn't want to play ball with simple manipulation.
/speculation


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
"Haggis" wrote in message
...
snip
Hi,

Is it possible to change the location of the folder Application Data
from C:\Windows to another drive?

Thanks
Gerald







I have to ask ..for what purpose ?

speculates
He wants to free some space on the C: drive?
AFAIK, there's no other significant user of the Application Data folder
than OE - in which case the OP may be better off just using the GUI wizard
in OE Tools | Maintenance to move that, rather than risk breaking
something that doesn't want to play ball with simple manipulation.
/speculation


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

that is what i was thinking ...just move the "store" location under
maintenance ...but does that move the whole "identities" folder i wonder ?

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
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snip
AFAIK, there's no other significant user of the Application Data folder than
OE -

In Win98SE here, these are the sub-folders of the Windows\Application Data
folder....certainly quite a lot more than OE:

Adobe
Aim
CyberLink
Google
Identities
InterTrust
IrfanView
Macromedia
Microsoft
Mozilla
Opera
Spybot - Search & Destroy
Sun
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Haggis wrote:
snip

Hi,

Is it possible to change the location of the folder Application Data
from C:\Windows to another drive?

Thanks
Gerald




I have to ask ..for what purpose ?


Mainly to free space on the C drive, I want to keep it for Windows only
and have programs on another drive. There are 18 main folders in the
Application Data folder and it is taking up a fair bit of space at the
moment

Thanks again
Gerald