Mike I don't have a problem with that. I won't touch the registry with a barge-pole but I also don't want programs clogging up my C: drive. I've been working with FH for years with it installed on my E: drive, back to Windows 7. The exe file is located there, with all the data and reports stored on my Data D; disk. Admittedly I only use FH to define my tree, with photos and sources. I've un-hidden files and searched my C: drive but can't find anything with "calico" or "family" on it. The registry of course is there and links from the Start menu. Perhaps I've just been lucky. I wasn't planning to fool Windows 10, I do plan to continue to make my boot-up as fast as possible, maybe even approaching Apple, without forking out for an even larger SSD. Regards Don On 8 December 2015 at 18:29, Beryl and Mike Tate via < family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Don, > There are several 'tricks' that allow folders & files to be physically > relocated and logically remain in the original location, but they don't > fool > the Windows OS. > > It does not matter where you install a Program. > If a Windows 10 Update thinks it is incompatible it will find it. > The location of every installed Program is held in the Windows Registry on > drive C: and you cannot and must not change that!!! > > BTW: The Windows Registry is where FH, and most other Programs, store data > such as their Preference Settings, so that is another component not on your > E:\ drive. > > Don't waste your time performing non-standard installations in the hope of > fooling Windows 10 - it won't work!!! > > Regards, Mike Tate > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Re: [FHU] FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS Digest, Vol 10, Issue 268 > > Thanks for that information. I think that's a terrible situation where you > are forced to install to your OS drive. I thought that was the old > fashioned > way. It makes it even worse in Windows 10 where updates have been known to > uninstall programmes because it thinks they are "incompatible". I seem to > think my son has a way of of moving things to another drive using symbolic > links > > Regards > > Don > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >