CHANGE DEFAULT DIRECTORY FOR INSTALLING PROGRAMS written by: paranoidxe email: paranoidtsi@hotmail.com The default directory for programs to install themselves to is generally C:\Program Files\...you can change this by modifying the registry: - click start, run.. - type "regedit" click ok - go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version - modify string value "ProgramFilesDir" - change it to the directory you wish to have programs point to by default (i.e. C:\Programs\) - close regedit