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

First, I'm not with Microsoft - no friggin' way!  I wouldn't be caught dead working for the evil empire.

Secondly, you might well be able to do what's asked in this thread by tweaking and whatnot.  But - and this is from experience:  It won't just work as well as if you make the better choice.  I don't know how to say it more plainly.

No, I can't define "won't work as well" accurately, because computing is complex beyond anyone's ability to comprehend.  Some things will never work right, some things will work some of the time, and others may work perfectly.  Who knows, you could get very lucky and have a system where all the software is coded to handle installation on an alternate volume.  Then one day you'll buy a new application and boom, nothing but trouble.

What you'd be banking on is that every programmer hasn't taken shortcuts - out of laziness or lack of knowledge - and hard coded something to work the way it does on HIS computer and 99% of the rest.  Hey, it's more work to ask the system for the proper interpretation of the known folder ID.

This is why System Testing is employed.  Because programmers aren't perfect.

Do you REALLY want your computer to fail to work right when you need it?  Do you REALLY want to lose your data?  Do you really want to be frustrated over and over and over?

I didn't think so.

I have enough experience to know that trading what may seem like a more difficult or expensive path doing something right is in the long term MUCH BETTER than doing something half baked and dealing with ongoing hassles.  *I* can afford to spend time here because my systems just keep working.  I'm running the same OS I installed in late 2013, and it runs for as long as it takes to get a Windows Update that requires a reboot.  I think the longest stretch to date on that score was a little over a month.

As I've said before in this thread, give it a whirl, then let us know how it works for you - and be honest.