Win10 save location gray how to do Win10 default installation path modification method

  

C disk space small how to do? In this case, usually when we install the software, we need to change the installation path and install the software to the non-C drive. However, the default installation path of Win10 is C drive, which makes it difficult to manually select the software every time. Below, the computer Pepsi network will teach a very useful technique, teach you how to modify the Win10 default installation path.

Compared to Win7 system, Win10 changes the default installation path to be much simpler. The specific method is as follows.

1, first open the Win10 start menu, then click to open "Settings" - then enter the "System" settings, as shown.

Win10 system settings

2, then in the system settings, click the "storage" setting on the left, then you can find the "save location" modification option on the right side, you can The new application will be saved to the default C drive and changed to another drive, such as D drive or other non-system drive, as shown in the figure.

Win10 default installation path modification method

However, sometimes, you may encounter win10 save position gray, can not be modified, as shown below.

As shown in the figure, for this win10 save location gray, can't be modified how to do it? If this happens, we can change the default installation path of Win10 by modifying the registry, as follows.


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    C disk capacity is getting smaller and smaller Win10 default installation path modification method

    C disk capacity is coming The smaller the installed application, the more it can't be saved to the C drive by default. If you can't modify the default installation path of Win10 through the above method, it doesn't matter. You can modify the registry as well. The method steps are as follows.

    1, first use the Win + R combination shortcut, open the run operation box, then type the regedit command, and click OK to open the Win10 registry, as shown.

    Open the registry

    2, open the Win10 registry, and then expand:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion

    Double-click After the CommonFilerDir on the right, you can edit the Win10 default installation application path, as shown in the following figure.

    3, then change the default C:\\Program Files\\CommonFilerDir to D:\\Program Files (you can also change the D drive to E or F drive, mainly non-C drive Yes), as shown.

    After the modification is complete, click "OK" to save. After completing the above settings, remember to restart the computer to take effect, in the future Win10 computer installation software, the default application location is not the C drive, but other disks you set, so you are not afraid that the C drive capacity is getting smaller and smaller.

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