Which partition for program files?

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I have 3 partitions on my HDD, C, D & E. The OS is in 'C', Data in 'D' &
Programs in 'E'. When I had a recent problem installing a Windows Security
Update, Microsoft recommended I change the registry to point to programs on
'C'. I did this & the update installed fine. My programs are all working fine
although I did have some initial shortcut problems & my registry optimizer
finds 250 or so shortcut errors (which I ignore). My question is: Should I
leave the registry pointing to programs on 'C' or change it back to 'E'?
Thank you for any help
Sal
 
I suspect that you shouldn't have altered reigstry paths at all !!

During program installs, (other than stand alone *.exe files), to a drive
other than that on which your OS / Windows is installed, files may be placed
into directories on your OS boot-drive, and also into directories created by
the 'install' on your e: drive.

Your "Registry Optimizer" as you call it, should only be used with great
care, and you should only allow it to make changes when you properly monitor
proposed changes, and fully understand the consequences of those changes.
e.g. Norton's Windoctor will whistle through your registry and find lots of
things that it thinks are wrong, when in fact some of the things it finds
"wrong" aren't wrong at all. One HAS to to manually inspect the proposed
changes to registry to determine whether they're right or wrong.

I suggest that you put your paths in registry back to what they were, or you
could end up with installed application programs not working properly.

regards, Richard
 
Sal said:
I have 3 partitions on my HDD, C, D & E. The OS is in 'C', Data in
'D' & Programs in 'E'. When I had a recent problem installing a
Windows Security Update, Microsoft recommended I change the registry
to point to programs on 'C'. I did this & the update installed fine.
My programs are all working fine although I did have some initial
shortcut problems & my registry optimizer finds 250 or so shortcut
errors (which I ignore). My question is: Should I leave the registry
pointing to programs on 'C' or change it back to 'E'? Thank you for
any help
Sal
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If everything is working correctly then leave the Registry alone. Don't fix
what ain't broke.

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Hi Richard
Thanks for your reply. I'm a bit confused as Frank Saunders also replied &
suggested leaving things alone. Everything appears to be working fine & I
only changed the 'Program file Dir' value from 'E' to 'C' on Microsofts
recommendation. If I hadn't done so the Cumulative Security Update for IE
would not have installed. Actually, my initial thought was to change the
value back to 'E' but then I was concerned about problems installing future
Windows Updates. Still, everything had worked perfectly for 18 months before
I changed the value. Any thoughts. Kind regards. Sal
 
Hi, Thanks for your response. I've just replied to RJK as he thought that the
registry value should not have been changed in the first place. Could you
kindly explain why my programs work if they are on partition 'E' but my
'Program files Dir' now points to value 'C' ? Thanks. Kind Regards. Sal
 
Sal said:
Hi, Thanks for your response. I've just replied to RJK as he thought
that the registry value should not have been changed in the first
place. Could you kindly explain why my programs work if they are on
partition 'E' but my 'Program files Dir' now points to value 'C' ?
Thanks. Kind Regards. Sal
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Sorry, I can't explain it, but if everything is working right why meddle
with it?

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
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http://www.fjsmjs.com
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To answer the question in the subject line, the C: partition is best for
many reasons.
In your case, its fubared to begin with. And then fubared again with the
change.
 
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