Can/should I make a junction from C:Program Files or DriverStore to my D drive?
I've got this really annoying setup on my laptop, where I've got a teeny little 128 GB SSD for my system drive, and a really generous 1TB HDD. Which does me no freakin' good when a whole bunch of applications insist on being installed on the C drive. So now, with 5GB left on my SSD, I did a disk analysis with WinDirStat and found:
- 16.6 GB in
C:WindowsSystem32DriverStore
- 15.8 GB in
C:Program Files (x86)
- 15.4 GB in
C:Program Files
I would dearly love to move all of the above onto my D drive, and make a junction using mklink so that all future apps that try to force themselves onto my miniscule SSD get ju-jitsu'd onto the D drive.
BUT...is it safe, or even possible, to do so?
The Program Files folders don't appear to allow deletion or renaming (at least, not through the front door). I know I could do each app independently, but that's a lot of effort; I'd rather do everything in one fell swoop. And I don't know enough about that DriverStore folder to feel confident that moving it onto the D drive won't cause damage.
Advice, please?
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asked Feb 3 at 9:56
Shaul BehrShaul Behr
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I've got this really annoying setup on my laptop, where I've got a teeny little 128 GB SSD for my system drive, and a really generous 1TB HDD. Which does me no freakin' good when a whole bunch of applications insist on being installed on the C drive. So now, with 5GB left on my SSD, I did a disk analysis with WinDirStat and found:
- 16.6 GB in
C:WindowsSystem32DriverStore
- 15.8 GB in
C:Program Files (x86)
- 15.4 GB in
C:Program Files
I would dearly love to move all of the above onto my D drive, and make a junction using mklink so that all future apps that try to force themselves onto my miniscule SSD get ju-jitsu'd onto the D drive.
BUT...is it safe, or even possible, to do so?
The Program Files folders don't appear to allow deletion or renaming (at least, not through the front door). I know I could do each app independently, but that's a lot of effort; I'd rather do everything in one fell swoop. And I don't know enough about that DriverStore folder to feel confident that moving it onto the D drive won't cause damage.
Advice, please?
windows-10 mklink
asked Feb 3 at 9:56
Shaul BehrShaul Behr
78551534
1
16GB inDriverStoreseems extremely excessive. Try Driver Store Explorer and see if you can just delete some.
– lx07
Feb 3 at 11:52
@lx07 Thanks for the tip. I downloaded it, but I only managed to clean up about 800 MB of old drivers. Nvidia is the guilty party here; it's hogging nearly 15GB by itself.
– Shaul Behr
Feb 3 at 12:20
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I've got this really annoying setup on my laptop, where I've got a teeny little 128 GB SSD for my system drive, and a really generous 1TB HDD. Which does me no freakin' good when a whole bunch of applications insist on being installed on the C drive. So now, with 5GB left on my SSD, I did a disk analysis with WinDirStat and found:
- 16.6 GB in
C:WindowsSystem32DriverStore
- 15.8 GB in
C:Program Files (x86)
- 15.4 GB in
C:Program Files
I would dearly love to move all of the above onto my D drive, and make a junction using mklink so that all future apps that try to force themselves onto my miniscule SSD get ju-jitsu'd onto the D drive.
BUT...is it safe, or even possible, to do so?
The Program Files folders don't appear to allow deletion or renaming (at least, not through the front door). I know I could do each app independently, but that's a lot of effort; I'd rather do everything in one fell swoop. And I don't know enough about that DriverStore folder to feel confident that moving it onto the D drive won't cause damage.
Advice, please?
windows-10 mklink
asked Feb 3 at 9:56
Shaul BehrShaul Behr
78551534
I've got this really annoying setup on my laptop, where I've got a teeny little 128 GB SSD for my system drive, and a really generous 1TB HDD. Which does me no freakin' good when a whole bunch of applications insist on being installed on the C drive. So now, with 5GB left on my SSD, I did a disk analysis with WinDirStat and found:
- 16.6 GB in
C:WindowsSystem32DriverStore
- 15.8 GB in
C:Program Files (x86)
- 15.4 GB in
C:Program Files
I would dearly love to move all of the above onto my D drive, and make a junction using mklink so that all future apps that try to force themselves onto my miniscule SSD get ju-jitsu'd onto the D drive.
BUT...is it safe, or even possible, to do so?
The Program Files folders don't appear to allow deletion or renaming (at least, not through the front door). I know I could do each app independently, but that's a lot of effort; I'd rather do everything in one fell swoop. And I don't know enough about that DriverStore folder to feel confident that moving it onto the D drive won't cause damage.
Advice, please?
windows-10 mklink
windows-10 mklink
asked Feb 3 at 9:56
Shaul BehrShaul Behr
78551534
asked Feb 3 at 9:56
Shaul BehrShaul Behr
78551534
asked Feb 3 at 9:56
Shaul BehrShaul Behr
78551534
asked Feb 3 at 9:56
Shaul BehrShaul Behr
78551534
asked Feb 3 at 9:56
Shaul BehrShaul Behr
78551534
78551534
1
16GB inDriverStoreseems extremely excessive. Try Driver Store Explorer and see if you can just delete some.
– lx07
Feb 3 at 11:52
@lx07 Thanks for the tip. I downloaded it, but I only managed to clean up about 800 MB of old drivers. Nvidia is the guilty party here; it's hogging nearly 15GB by itself.
– Shaul Behr
Feb 3 at 12:20
add a comment |
1
16GB inDriverStoreseems extremely excessive. Try Driver Store Explorer and see if you can just delete some.
– lx07
Feb 3 at 11:52
@lx07 Thanks for the tip. I downloaded it, but I only managed to clean up about 800 MB of old drivers. Nvidia is the guilty party here; it's hogging nearly 15GB by itself.
– Shaul Behr
Feb 3 at 12:20
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16GB in
DriverStore seems extremely excessive. Try Driver Store Explorer and see if you can just delete some.– lx07
Feb 3 at 11:52
16GB in
DriverStore seems extremely excessive. Try Driver Store Explorer and see if you can just delete some.– lx07
Feb 3 at 11:52
@lx07 Thanks for the tip. I downloaded it, but I only managed to clean up about 800 MB of old drivers. Nvidia is the guilty party here; it's hogging nearly 15GB by itself.
– Shaul Behr
Feb 3 at 12:20
@lx07 Thanks for the tip. I downloaded it, but I only managed to clean up about 800 MB of old drivers. Nvidia is the guilty party here; it's hogging nearly 15GB by itself.
– Shaul Behr
Feb 3 at 12:20
add a comment |
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16GB in
DriverStoreseems extremely excessive. Try Driver Store Explorer and see if you can just delete some.– lx07
Feb 3 at 11:52
@lx07 Thanks for the tip. I downloaded it, but I only managed to clean up about 800 MB of old drivers. Nvidia is the guilty party here; it's hogging nearly 15GB by itself.
– Shaul Behr
Feb 3 at 12:20