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To answer the question in the subject line, the C: partition is best for
many reasons. In your case, its fubared to begin with. And then fubared again with the change. -- Jonny "Sal" <Sal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2CC2B783-076D-4399-ABD5-393485E38A96@microsoft.com... > I have 3 partitions on my HDD, C, D & E. The OS is in 'C', Data in 'D' & > Programs in 'E'. When I had a recent problem installing a Windows Security > Update, Microsoft recommended I change the registry to point to programs on > 'C'. I did this & the update installed fine. My programs are all working fine > although I did have some initial shortcut problems & my registry optimizer > finds 250 or so shortcut errors (which I ignore). My question is: Should I > leave the registry pointing to programs on 'C' or change it back to 'E'? > Thank you for any help > Sal |
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