The problem could be your disk space. Make sure you have enough disk space in your C drive for the updates to be installed. Regedit is used by the system so you could easily mess something up.
Incredibly stupid and irresponsible article. Doing this will prevent windows from being able to access or run any programs currently installed on the original drive. This will essentially brick your computer and the only solution is a full, clean install of windows.
This does not brick the PC. The programs you mentioned are not located in Program Files. They are in System32 instead. So I actually did this and yes, it pretty much ruined Windows. And learn to communicate without insults. That skill will serve you well all your life. Maham Mukhtar. Share on:. Hello there. Microsoft does not support changing the location of the Program Files folder by modifying the ProgramFilesDir registry value. If you change the location of the Program Files folder, you may experience problems with some Microsoft programs or with some software updates.
Additionally, you may want to modify every reference in the registry to point to the new Program Files folder. You may also want to move the contents of the original Program Files folder to the new location.
However, we do not test changes to the default location of the Program Files folder. Therefore, we do not recommend or support modifying the ProgramFilesDir registry value to change the default location of the Program Files folder. When you set the ProgramFilesDir registry value to use a location other than the default location, Microsoft hotfixes, updates, and security updates do not update files that are in the default location.
Therefore, you may experience system instability and unexpected problems with Microsoft programs and software updates. For example, you may experience any of the following problems:. Additionally, the Microsoft Windows File Protection feature that helps protect files in the Internet Explorer folder does not support changing the default location of the Program Files folder. If you change the location of the Program Files folder, you may experience unexpected issues that may affect the stability of Windows.
The list of binary files that are protected by Windows File Protection, together with the locations of these files, is coded in Internet Explorer. You cannot modify these locations in Internet Explorer. The following programs use the standard Windows APIs to determine the location of the Internet Explorer installation folder:. Note When we developed Internet Explorer 7, we decided to use the standard method to determine the location of the Windows Internet Explorer 7 installation folder.
This decision was made to help increase the stability of Windows Internet Explorer 7. Last Updated: June 3, To create this article, volunteer authors worked to edit and improve it over time. This article has been viewed 50, times. Learn more Anything you install there will use up your computer's storage.
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