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February 8, 2008 at 12:00 PM
t. hans

Default save path for Windows Update or Service Packs

by t. hans . Updated 18 years, 5 months ago

Does anyone know of a way to change the save location for windows update and service packs from c:\windows\?

Scenerio:
C: partition has 8GB – 5% free
E: user data partition has 500GB – 95% free

I have a very tight Local Disk C. It’s only got 8GB of space and 5% free. Microsoft auto updates are killing me here. They default to C:\windows\$… If I remove the files, I loose the ability to back out updates. However, they are taking up 75% of the avaialble drive space on C.

Is there a reg hack, configuration change or 3rd party util that will allow me to change the default path for these updates?

I’d like to force them to the larger partition by default, if possible.

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