i've installed Windows 8.1 in my laptop and now I'm trying change the default installation Drive, but everything that i've tried didn't works.

I already have changed the path in registry.

If I try to install some program, Google Chrome for example, it create folders in both paths, but the installation keeps in "C:\Program Files"

• Edited by Guilherme S Souza Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10:53 PM

Since Noel seems to be more interested in ideological arguments...I think this might be what you're looking for. 

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/change-default-program-files-directory-windows

• Proposed as answer by talexblack Thursday, February 12, 2015 5:30 PM

Noel, like many in the delivery (as opposed to the consumer) end of the field has a "let them eat cake" attitude that, I suppose, comes from thinking beyond the present into the future. As such, those types are nearly worthless when it comes to assisting with current day problems. What he has suggested requires a hardware modification to fix what should easily be a software solution. Those of us without his elevated understanding of the systems involved would like to have a cure for what is obviously an annoying problem, that being a default installation to the "C" drive rather than another larger drive or partition with a capacity large enough to accommodate multiple programs and files. As has been stated, many (if not most) laptops come with a fast SSD drive of limited capacity as the location for the operating system. Standard storage as of September 2015 remains, to Noel's regret, a standard "obsolete" disk drive. Poor us!

The bottom line is this (Listen up, Noel):

HOW CAN WE CHANGE THE DEFAULT INSTALLATION DRIVE TO SOMETHING OTHER THAN "C"?

If it can't be done, please tell us, otherwise why lecture all of us ignorant dunderheads on why your perspective is so much better. While that might be true for the future, most of us don't want to spend our money to fix a problem of this magnitude. You elite folks need to step down a peg or two to understand what your customers want. Ever wonder why a lot of people come to hate Microsoft?