Windows 8 Problem with software install

[hamidnik]

Hey ,
I had a problem installing some softwares such a google chrome on a drive but not the primary one winfows used as preferred (c
My os is 8.1,i need to have the on another partition...

Sent from my GT-I9500 using Tapatalk

 

[Josephur]

hamidnik:

I have tried to do the Chrome on a different partition and just found it was easiest to install it, and then use mklink to make it a symbolic link on another partition. The only reason I installed it on another partition was because I was testing it from a RAM drive to see it's performance. (wasn't worth it vs my SSD)

You can also redirect user profile folders by adding a flag to the Chrome shortcut you use...
For isntance: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --user-data-dir="x:\Chrome"

But I found this cumbersome as it does not use that user data folder if you click a hyperlink (theoretically you could hop in the registry and change all of Chrome's launch point's to use the parameter.. but my god).