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Solve : Moved default downloads folder but have a few issues and questions?

Answer» <html><body><p>Because my laptop has limited memory I changed the default download folder to a microSDXC card.<br/>However there are a few issues and questions arising from doing this:<br/></p><ul><li>• some things still want to download and/or set up on C:/ drive<br/>• I am getting <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/duplicate-433503" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DUPLICATE">DUPLICATE</a> downloads in my new default drive as well as the original - will deleting the 'Program Files' and 'Program Files (86)' on C:/ drive solve this issue and is it safe to delete these?<br/>• sometimes an exe file won't start because it can't find file location<br/>• Windows 10 updates have trouble installing<br/>• Programs downloaded and installed on D:/ drive can't pin to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/task-243523" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TASK">TASK</a> Bar - is there a fix for this<br/>• New Apps default drive is still C:/ and doesn't show option to change - how can I change this?<br/></li><li></li></ul>How did you move the location of the directory?<br/><br/>I can guess what you did. Who told you to do it that way?<br/>Some programs will still look in the old place.<br/><br/>Did you know you can assign a drive to a directory?<br/><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/dm_drive_letter.mspx?mfr=true">https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/dm_drive_letter.mspx?mfr=true</a><br/>The above is for XP. Here is the same for win 10 or 7.<br/><a href="http://pcsupport.about.com/od/tipstricks/f/change-drive-letter.htm">http://pcsupport.about.com/od/tipstricks/f/change-drive-letter.htm</a><br/>Look for where it says:<br/><em>Change Drive Letter and Paths ...</em><br/>Used correctly, it lets you expand your storage as if the first drive became larger. This is like the mount point feature in Linux.<br/>Does that help any? <br/><br/>I changed it using the following:<br/><br/>Admin Command Prompt<br/>takeown /f "C:\Windows\System32" /r<br/><br/>Then changed the default folder to D:/<br/><br/>I didn't save the website I got that from - I usually do.<br/><br/>Was this not a good way to do it?<br/><br/>I will look at the link you posted thanks.<br/>I suppose I should undo what I did above.Moving and/or changing location of any Windows System folders will stop things from running properly and possibly render the PC un-bootable...<br/><br/>The reason you have a Program Files and Program Files(86) folder is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/likely-537197" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LIKELY">LIKELY</a> because your Win ver. is 64 bit...these should also not be moved or renamed...<br/><br/>The above is why you are getting errors when launching any .exe's...<br/><br/>I would revert all your changes before it stopps running altogether.<br/><br/>Have you considered getting a larger HDD for this PC ? ?See inline responses below in red<br/><br/><br/>Quote from: danni on March 01, 2016, 01:14:56 AM<blockquote><br/>Because my laptop has limited memory I changed the default download folder to a microSDXC card.<br/><br/> HOW did you change the download location? <br/><br/>However there are a few issues and questions arising from doing this:<br/><ul><li> • some things still want to download and/or set up on C:/ drive<br/><br/> Assuming you are talking about downloading from the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/web-11417" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WEB">WEB</a> using a browser, you can always right-click on whatever it is you want to download and point it to the location of your choosing<br/><br/> • I am getting duplicate downloads in my new default drive as well as the original - will deleting the 'Program Files' and 'Program Files (86)' on C:/ drive solve this issue and is it safe to delete these? ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!<br/> • sometimes an exe file won't start because it can't find file location example please <br/> • Windows 10 updates have trouble installing<br/> • Programs downloaded and installed on D:/ drive can't pin to Task Bar - is there a fix for this Don't understand your question. Also, you have to tell us what D: drive is<br/> • New Apps default drive is still C:/ and doesn't show option to change - how can I change this? This is typically hard-coded into the app's installation routine - you have to change the location during the install <br/></li></ul></blockquote>Okay thanks for the info.<br/>I think I'll put it back how it was.<br/>D:/ is a 64GB micro SDXC cardYou don't "move" the download folder. You just select a new location to which you want to download and set the option in the browser preferences to always download to that location.Sorry for misunderstanding - when I said I 'moved' downloads folder I meant I changed it's path to a preferred download folder. <br/><br/>To revert back to 'Trusted Installer' what do I type in to command prompt?<br/><br/>And to answer a previous question - yes my Win ver is a 64 bit.<br/><br/>And to answer another previous question - no I hadn't thought of putting a bigger HDD in my laptop because I didn't think that could be done in a laptop. There is space to have another 4GB put in but that's all so I didn't think it was worth the expense for such a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/small-1212368" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SMALL">SMALL</a> amount of extra memory. As far as I can tell the micro SDXC card is the best option because it gives me an extra 64GB of memory. I just have to learn how to redirect downloads to the micro SDXC card in drive D:/<br/><br/>I purchased this laptop for study only and wasn't too concerned about memory because I have 1T of cloud storage for all my files. However I didn't realise just how small the memory was because it's nowhere near enough just to download all the software I need for my studies.The 4G is RAM...not storage space...you're confusing the 2...<br/><br/>Post the full Model # of the laptop and we can recommend what HDD you can get for it.<br/>This will solve the free space issues you are having...<br/><br/>Is this the ASUS Book Flip you were speaking to Cameron about BTW ? ?If I am confusing the two why doesn't another storage drive show up?<br/>And why does it keep telling me I've run out of memory?<br/>And why didn't the salesman explain that to me when I asked him about the memory?<br/>Instead he sold me the micro SDXC card and told me to use that.<br/><br/>Info about my laptop:<br/>Serial Number: FANLCX334933446<br/>Product Type: Eee Book<br/>Product Name: Asus Transformer Book<br/>Flip TP200SA<br/>Purchase Date: 29th February 2016<br/><br/>Will installing another hard drive interfere with my warranty because it's only a week old?Ram is 2GB<br/>Memory is 28.8GB<br/><br/>What I discovered with that command line i typed in it didn't actually change ownership of 'Trusted Installer'<br/>It added me as owner and gave me full access and control.</body></html>


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