Hi, prompted by a post I read where a user said he'd moved 'programs' to another drive so as to avoid problems when reinstalling Windows, and setting aside other possible meanings of 'programs', what significance does this have when clean installing Windows? I imagine the apps would have to be downloaded again anyway... so I struggle to see what the poster had in mind other than truly portable programs.

Thanks.

dalchina said:

Hi, prompted by a post I read where a user said he'd moved 'programs' to another drive so as to avoid problems when reinstalling Windows, and setting aside other possible meanings of 'programs', what significance does this have when clean installing Windows? I imagine the apps would have to be downloaded again anyway... so I struggle to see what the poster had in mind other than truly portable programs.

Thanks.

I haven't tested, but I would imagine that reinstalling Windows 10 would break any links to the moved apps.

Hi, is this reversible by any means? Put another way, how would a user get everything back on C: ?
Thanks!

dalchina said:

Hi, is this reversible by any means? Put another way, how would a user get everything back on C: ?
Thanks!

Hey mate,

Normally, you should be able to just select to move them to C: to do so.

Hi Shawn,

Do all apps and games support installation/moving to a different drive? I have a customer that says the dropdown for selecting other drive doesn't appear aka forces to C drive.

Sumit Dhiman said:

Hi Shawn,

Do all apps and games support installation/moving to a different drive? I have a customer that says the dropdown for selecting other drive doesn't appear aka forces to C drive.

Hello Sumit,

Not all apps and games support being moved to another location. Unfortunately, you don't know which one until you try to move it and either "Move" is grayed out or missing or no other option other than the C drive is available.

Brink said:

Hello Sumit,

Not all apps and games support being moved to another location. Unfortunately, you don't know which one until you try to move it and either "Move" is grayed out or missing or no other option other than the C drive is available.

Thank you. OP would likely want the refund of the app/game

Best wishes for the new year and quick thanks again for questions I ask on your articles occasionally

Sumit Dhiman said:

Thank you. OP would likely want the refund of the app/game

Best wishes for the new year and quick thanks again for questions I ask on your articles occasionally

You're most welcome. It's always a pleasure.

I hope you have a great new year as well.

The OP might also check to see if the app/game itself may have an option to select where to install it if not a Microsoft Store app/game.