How to modify the Windows 8 application default installation path

Perhaps you have not adapted to many changes in Windows 8, but from a user experience point of view, at least one of Windows 8 is better, that is the app store. This is a widely used form in Apple systems and smartphones. The app store integrates the search, purchase, download, and installation of applications. Users can easily access applications, plus synchronization, and install them themselves. The history of the application can be found.

Win8 App Store

Where is the Windows 8 app installed?

It’s convenient to get apps from the Windows Store, but you can’t choose these apps. The installation path, even many people can not find where the installed application is. Xiaobian I didn't know where these applications were installed at first. After I checked them online, I realized that the applications in the Windows Store were installed in the hidden directory "WindowsAPPS" of the system partition X:/Program Files.

Note 1: To display the hidden folder, click "View" - "Options" on the File Explorer, switch to the "View" tab, and select "Show hidden files, files in the advanced settings". Clip and drive".

Windows8 applications are here

The Windows8 application after installation is also different from our common ones. The folder name is quite long, and the company name, software name, version number and other information are displayed. On the folder name, there are even random strings (sometimes not clear what it means).

Note 2: Access to the application folder may require access rights, as described below.

Windows 8 application folder name is very long

Modify Win8 application installation path

After knowing the Windows8 application installation location, it may be I will think of another question, how to change the installation path of the application? As for why I think of changing the installation path, mainly because of disk partition space issues. Xiaobian did not install a lot of applications, has used more than 2G space, and now there are a lot of applications in the app store, especially like some games, hundreds of MB or even GB have appeared, the system disk space is easy to be consumed Do it. Therefore, installing the application to a larger disk partition is the solution.

The Win8 application of Xiaobian has exceeded 2GB.

However, Windows 8 applications have no user intervention during the installation process. How can I modify the installation? What about the path? After some hard work, I finally let Xiaobian find a solution (thanks to askvg.com for sharing this method), please look down.

Since you can't change the path during the installation process, you should find the method from the source, such as directly changing the system default installation path. This path is saved in the registry, press [Win+R] to open the run, enter regedit to start the registry editor, and locate the following key values:

HKEY_LOCAL_MacHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionAppx

On the right The window finds "PackageRoot", paying attention to its data value is the default installation path for Windows8 applications.

Win8 application installation path setting

The next thing to do is to change its data value and change it to the location you want. . But when you finish editing and click OK, you will receive the following prompt:

You don't have permission to modify

So we still need to get the Appx key first. The permission of the value, you can change the path after obtaining the permission.

Modify the application default path

Note 3: Changing the default installation path of Windows 8 applications will cause the installed application to fail to upgrade because of the path of the new and old versions. Inconsistent, so if you decide to change the application installation path, first uninstall all Windows 8 built-in and third-party applications, and then re-install after changing the path.

Attachment: Win8 permission acquisition method

For files or folders, right-click properties, security labels; for registry keys, right-click permissions; follow-up operations are basically the same : Select Administrators in "Group or User Name", click Advanced below;

Change the permissions of the administrator account

Click "Change" in the newly opened window;

Change owner

Then enter the login user name of the machine in the input box at the bottom of the new window and click "Check Name", then click OK in each window. Close them in turn.

Enter the local login user name here

Go back to the original permissions window, check the permissions of the Administrators to "Full Control", and finally go back to the file. Folder or registry can be.

Get Full Control Rights

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