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Does it matter where I install my apps?

So I have a 250gb Samsung 850 Evo SSD and a WD Blue 1tb HDD. Does it matter (now that all the program files and everything else that I installed are on the SSD) where I put some programs like for example a video editing program. Forget the fact that SSD's are faster for now, please just tell me if everything needs to be under program files.

Hope you guys understand what I am talking about, thanks!
 
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Real simple answer: look at the install routine. It gives an install path, most of the time...with a CHANGE button. When you've got one of these, you can put it wherever you want.

C:/program files is, for USER programs, a convenience only. For system stuff...not necessarily just a convenience. But the registry is where paths to libraries, executables, etc. are maintained for each program.
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Real simple answer: look at the install routine. It gives an install path, most of the time...with a CHANGE button. When you've got one of these, you can put it wherever you want.

C:/program files is, for USER programs, a convenience only. For system stuff...not necessarily just a convenience. But the registry is where paths to libraries, executables, etc. are maintained for each program.
 
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Up until about a year ago, I had never installed a program under "Program Files" .... not in 24 years. Ina double SSD build, I put OS and apps on one SSD, games on another.

I have had install programs give me no other choice but just about always, have found a way to get it where I wanted it. Unfortunately, tho you can choose to install a program wherever you want, many vendors (especially suite vendors, like AutoDesk, Adobe, etc) install "common files" where=ever they want.
 
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I always install OS + App on the same partition. Reason is, I keep a few generations of Image Back ups for quick restore, and what I call lately SOFTWARE RESETS, because I can't really separate OS and installed Apps. When I change OS generation, the registry goes with it and Apps installed at that time follows.
 
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I keep them separate for the exact same reason :). Started the habit back in the days of tape drives but an OS (image) restore is a bit more involved than any other. But as everyone's needs are different, there is no "one right answer". I like a separate partition as:

- If the OS gets fudged and needs to be restored from an image, then restoring 80 GB is a lot faster than 400 GB for OS + Apps

- Each Programs partition is the same across the office network, so one image serves multiple machines. We now use a HD docking station, no more tape drives.

-Less wear and tear or setup hassle as backups can be done on different intervals, by partition ..... data partition daily, OS partition weekly, programs partition monthly, games partition monthly temp / page files partition never.

-Finally, depending upon your priorities, you can set the programs partition the speed priority you like. The 1st partition (outer edge of platters) is twice as fast as the last (inner edge), so if gaming is a priority ... then C = OS, D = Page / temp files, E = Games, F = Programs, D = data

We have never changed an OS generation.... 1) can not be justified from an ROI standpoint, 2) in most cases results in a decrease in performance and 3) the lost time (installing, tweaking, setup, retraining) is several orders of magnitude above the OS cost. The OS on it day one, is the OS on it the day it does or is retired.
 
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