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    Windows 10 Update Breaking Program Install Paths

    So I'm probably going to get flamed for asking this because I know a bunch of you are big-time Windows 10 haters, so I'm going to save you some time. I do not plan on downgrading to Windows 7 or XP, and I definitely do not plan on installing Linux.

    Ok, so with that out of the way, I'm having some trouble with the Windows 10 forced updates. Windows 10 is harassing me to install a big update. I think it's a creators update or some crap. If I leave my computer alone it automatically installs it and then I have to use a system restore to get back to the previous version.

    I have a small SSD which has windows installed on it and often used programs like firefox. I also have a raid array where about 90% of my programs are installed. This works great and I have no problems with it. However, when the system updates, it somehow forgets that my programs are installed on drive E and starts looking for them on drive C. This breaks all my file associations, programs, and I can't even uninstall them because Windows thinks that the program was installed on C and is now missing.

    Is there any way I can tell Windows that the programs are installed on E and not C?

    Thanks
    canadaboy25

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    Re: Windows 10 Update Breaking Program Install Paths

    Originally posted by canadaboy25 View Post
    starts looking for them on drive C.
    I know that with Windows 95, Windows 98 and the like, (ME)
    it's by design, but not so much with NT-based Windows.

    NT-based Windows-* seems to be more tolerant of having programs on other drives...

    *-NT-based, includes Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and later...

    And the large update, is 99 percent the fall creators' update...
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      #3
      Re: Windows 10 Update Breaking Program Install Paths

      I have multiple drives and I've never seen that problem after an large update, I'm nervous now

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        #4
        Re: Windows 10 Update Breaking Program Install Paths

        Look at Symbolic links (symlinks). Introduced in Vista and on all subsequent Windows versions.
        https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/1622...dows-or-linux/

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          Re: Windows 10 Update Breaking Program Install Paths

          Originally posted by canadaboy25 View Post
          So I'm probably going to get flamed for asking this because I know a bunch of you are big-time Windows 10 haters, so I'm going to save you some time. I do not plan on downgrading to Windows 7 or XP, and I definitely do not plan on installing Linux.
          so that's the thread closed then!

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            Re: Windows 10 Update Breaking Program Install Paths

            ^ Install Plan9!
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              #7
              Re: Windows 10 Update Breaking Program Install Paths

              Lol, Windows 10.

              Maybe try a fresh install of Windows 10 again (perhaps on a spare HDD, so you can test this), then let it do it's update, and *then* reinstall all you programs??

              I don't know, but if I had Windows 10 (ha! who am I kidding here), I'd let it do its update thing and not mess with it. MS designed it like that, and there's not much you can mess with IMO.

              Can't wait to see what the next Windows version will bring. Probably no control over your computer whatsoever (not that 10 gives you much).

              I think a possible better alternative would be Windows Server 2012 as a desktop OS with some tweaks. (And also supported for a long time, compared to 7 and 8/8.1).

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                Re: Windows 10 Update Breaking Program Install Paths

                next version will probaby replace the keyboard with Alexa!!

                (i'm sorry hal, i cant let you do that!)

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                  #9
                  Re: Windows 10 Update Breaking Program Install Paths

                  Windows 10 has the option to Change where new apps are saved to, and even filter installed apps by drive letter, so it's unfortunate that the update caused this issue!

                  Are all your apps installed on your F: drive? You could try changing the default program files path, but this could cause all sorts of issues, more info here:
                  http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answer...-question.html

                  What I'd recommend (despite it being frustrating and time consuming), is a fresh Install of Windows 10 1709 and re-configuring everything. You can download the media creation tool here:
                  https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/soft...load/windows10

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