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Old 01-05-2006, 02:26 AM
Jonny
 
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Default Re: Which partition for program files?

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.

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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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