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W7 Install - Program Files

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by 02darkRS, 2011/10/25.

  1. 2011/10/25
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    I recently followed Arie's Article on Installing W7 on an SSD. I also followed the Overclock.net Tut on moving Users Folders to my Data Drive. I created a Program Folder on my Apps Partition & told the registry to install there by default. My understanding is that W7 is intuitive & will ignore this if it knows the program belongs on the OS drive. When installing Firfefox (FF) it appeared to know it needed to go to my OS drive as it installed there. Now that it is there, I set up shortcuts & am able to open FF the first time the SS is used. Subsequent uses cause the error D:\ProgramFiles\FF ... not found (this is an abbreviation of the full path error). I searched the registry for instances of D:\ProgramFiles & it finds none. How can I repair this so users can open Apps by shortcut rather that the windows search?

    Drives:
    SSD-
    sda1 - W7 (C:\) - OS
    sda2 - Ubuntu

    1TB HDD-
    sda1 - Apps (D:\) - Program Folders only & registry tells to install here
    sda2 - W7sys (E:\) - Index & Backup sent here nothing else yet
    sda3 - extended for linux system/user files (sda5-8)
    sda4 - data (X:\) - shared data w/ ubuntu & W7 Users folders here
     
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  2. 2011/10/25
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    I don't know their tutorial, but there's a reason I didn't cover that part. I only suggested moving the My Documents folder and using the Library settings of Windows to keep track of things.

    Most programs do not look in the registry for the location of Program Files. If you want to do it, create a junction point on you C drive pointing Program Files to D:\Program Files.

    But I would not do that. You are loosing the speed of the SSD when loading programs.
     
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  4. 2011/10/25
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    I've read the various reasons on doing or not doing the users the way I have. I have it set this way with Linux & since I did it this way from the start with the W7 I shouldn't have a problem.

    I am however rethinking my install of Program Files to a separate HDD BUT it's a small SSD only for the OS & programs that have to be on the same Disk. I am more worried about internet speed & space. This PC is for online schooling. So, opening program speed is not really a concern. Boot, shutdown, Internet speed are mainly my concerns & the setup is blazing for that.

    Firefox is working fine now but instead of opening an instance under the FF icon it opens an instance in the taskbar with what looks like a contact icon.
     
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    Arie

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    You don't use 3rd party tools to create junction points (if I remember).

    I'll have to get back to you on this in a day or so, have to dig out the information I used. Been a few months ago.
     
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    Appreciate it, all programs work (with the exception of the clip art problem). It's just that when they open instead of being under the correct icon on the taskbar it opens another instance with that strange icon.
     
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  8. 2011/10/26
    Arie

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    OK, so in this case it looks like rebuilding your icon cache could be in order. This should work to delete the IconCache in Windows 7:

    • Close all Windows Explorer windows
    • Launch Task Manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC), and in the Processes tab right click explorer.exe and click End Process. Click the End process button when asked for confirmation
    • From the File menu of Task Manager, select New Task (Run…)
    • Type CMD, and click OK
    • In the Command Prompt window, type the commands one by one and press ENTER after each command:
      • CD /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local
      • DEL IconCache.db /a
      • Exit
    • In Task Manager, click File, select New Task (Run…), type Explorer, and click OK
     
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    Arie

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    Oh, you create junction points this way:

    mklink /j <junction_point_name> <target>

     
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  10. 2011/10/30
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    Completed this. FireFox still opens with a wierd icon & a new instance on the taskbar. Will try the other hopefully next weekend. 1st week of school rocked me. Thanks!
     
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