windows 10 X:/ drive

[Nightmare-Rex]

so i have had a windows xp and 7 installation back in the day that the OS/programfiles drive would be another drive instead of C, i wanted to know if could still do this  for windows 10 (ex install 10 to E:/ or K:/) i thught that would be simple to google, but turns out i get how to change the program installation files drive, while i am trying to referee to the default windows drive itself, is this not possible anymore? 

 

i really hope it is understood what im trying to ask for  simple but cant find.

[Windows7ge]

By default almost every program you install today is going to default it's install directory to either Program Files or Program Files x86. 

 

On a program by program basis during the installation you can very much direct it to another drive that is not C:\. This is quite popular and common for people with large libraries of games and other large applications where their C:\ drive is too small.

[Tetras]

I think you'd have to use a third party tool, if Windows is already installed:

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Some users are searching for a way to change the local disk C to D, namely, moving OS from C drive to D drive so as to make D partition as the boot partition. For this purpose, you can apply the “Clone Partition” feature to clone C partition to D partition (note: this requires you to delete D partition to make it an unallocated space first of all).

 

(Windows) Disk manager does have an option if I right click C: "change driver letter and paths", but I'm not going to try this option on my own PC.

[John Reactor]

@Nightmare-Rex If I understand correctly you ara asking about changing default Program Files folder location? It is still possible but requires registry tweaking.
Try this link for more info:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/changing-the-default-installation-folder-for/6e696957-711d-4a88-9824-702f57a97365