Windows - Move WINDOWS/INSTALLER Folder to Different Drive

Is your operating system partition out of space?

Have you already disabled hibernation?

Have you installed and ran WinDirStat to locate files to delete?

You can typically free up a few gigabytes of storage if you move yourc:\windows\installer folder to a different partition or external drive.

Windows doesn’t provide a way for you to do this with the registry, but you can easily do it by manually moving the files, and then creating a symbolic link to the new location.

First you need to download a program from Microsoft (sysinternals) called JUNCTION.EXE.  This program allows you to create symbolic links.

You can download JUNCTION from the following microsoft site:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx

Unzip the file and copy it to your c:\windows\system32 folder so that you can easily execute it.

• Set Windows to SHOW ALL HIDDEN FILES (including operating system files)
• CUT and PASTE the C:\windows\installer folder to the new location
  ex.  d:\windows\installer
• Launch a Command Prompt (as administrator) and execute the following command.

junction.exe  c:\windows\installer d:\windows\installer

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