Windows apps downloading to wrong drive

Message 1 of 9 6, Views. Reply 0. Re: Downloading games to wrong drive. Message 2 of 9 6, Views. Reply 1. February Is it actually installing the game to the C: drive or simply downloading to the C: drive?

Message 3 of 9 6, Views. February I have the same problem, My C: is a very small SDD, and I don't want the games downloading there, I want them on my regular, huge, and empty hard drive. Message 4 of 9 6, Views. Ulysses - Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Message 5 of 9 6, Views. Re: Downloading games to wrong drive [ Edited ]. February - last edited February That doesn't work. Message 6 of 9 6, Views. February - last edited February If you still have that problem there is a workaround for that.

Message 7 of 9 6, Views. So no option to actually install it to my D drive. Once I clicked install, it just started downloading The link from Ciphernull explains how to move an app after it's installed so I guess I'll have to do that. There's also a few other games there I'd like to try, but manually moving them every time is kind of ridicules.

Last edited by Ez Duzit ; 27 Oct, am. Originally posted by Ez Duzit :. Last edited by MancSoulja ; 27 Oct, am. So after installing the game I moved it to my D: drive but it left almost 25GB on my C drive that I can't figure out where it is.

That only leaves me with about 23 GB of space on my C drive when I had about 50 GB before installing and then moving the game. If anyone can tell me where to look for those files taking up space on my C drive, I'd really appreciate it, so I can delete them and free up that space.

I can't even figure out where the games files are on my D drive after moving them there , as there is no folder labeled in a way that makes it obvious. More than 12 years on steam and never a bs problem like this. Changing the locations of these apps is easy and it can be very useful in some cases. The most typical reason to change the default install drive is that you are running out of storage space, which is especially common on laptops with SSD drives.

Unusually demanding apps are best installed on SSD drives, so you may want to set the fastest drive as a default for apps. All of this is very easy to do on Windows Windows Store apps are built completely differently than Win32 apps. Microsoft has come up with this in order to emphasize the responsive design of their tablets and mobile phones. Whether this was a smart move or not is debatable, but making sure that all Windows Store apps are installed in one place can help you make better use of your storage.

Changing the default install location of these apps is an excellent example. Sudip Sudip is a freelance writer who has over nine years of experience in content writing. You may also like. How to Reverse a Video on Desktop and November 22, November 21, How to Export Bookmarks from Google Chrome to November 20, How to Share Screen on Facebook Messenger on November 17, November 15,