Allow users to install programs in only one disk

MatthewLynch · May 28, 2016

Hi, I am getting a pc for work and it's got an ssd as a boot drive and a hdd for storage. I have an admin accoun't for me and the rest of the users have regular accounts. How can I do to allow the rest of the users to install programs but only on the hdd and not on the ssd?

Thanks

MatthewLynch · May 29, 2016

On 5/28/2016 at 4:08 PM, gabrielcarvfer said:

@MatthewLynch, a quick Google :

" P.S: Back up your registry before doing this... Do so by opening regedit (mentionned below) and clicking File > Export > Save. That will save you in case of failiure

Open regedit (Start > Run > "regedit"). Then find "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion". Now look in the right pane. Change "ProgramFilesDir", "ProgramFilesPath", "ProgramW6432Dir" and "ProgramFilesDir (x86)". If your secondary drive letter is D:\, then change them to "D:\Program Files", "D:\Program Files", "D:\Program Files" and "D:\Program Files (x86)", in that order that I just mentionned. You should be good to go from here. "

The source: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1792156/secondary-harddrive-question.html