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Make the best out of your PC. Here you can find some nice, useful tips and tricks that can be used to tame your PC. I hope you will find the tricks posted here useful. I have made the language as simple as possible so that it can be understood even by a noob. If you have any queries or want help feel free to question, I will try to shelp you out. If you have any good trick that you want to share with us, please tell us. Your suggetions/comments are always invited.

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October 26, 2008

Change the location of Program Files Directory

Start run from the start menu or press 'windows+R' then type 'regedit' and press enter. Click continue if the the UAC dialog appears.


In regedit Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

Find the key called 
ProgramFilesDir on the right pane


Double click it to modify and now change the path to a specified folder. Click ok and close the registry.


Tip: 
Dont add a '\' on the end of the location, for example 
c:\program files as opposed to c:\program files\


You can also find Common Files path, Device Driver path, Media Path, Wallpaper directory in this location

For system and special folders use:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders


Note::


Use registry editor carefully. Make a back up of the registry before carrying out any tweaks.

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