Why can I select where new apps go???

LordRascus

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So I just installed Windows 10 on my Samsung 850 EVO SSD, but because space on it is filling up, I want to change where new apps go onto my 3TB Tobisha HDD. I am able to change where documents, music, pictures and videos go to, but apps is greyed out. How do I fix this?
 

Ralston18

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Actually I would do it the other way:

Apps on the main/ssd C: drive and data (documents, music, pictures and videos) on the second/hdd Drive D:.

Your ssd is probably faster than the hdd so overall system performance (sans any system specs) will most likely be faster.

To fix it: Copy data files from C: to D:, verify good, delete from C: as necessary to free more space.

Maybe not all the data files but at least those much less used or accessed. You sort of have to plan it out.
 

USAFRet

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Windows 10 'apps' go on the C drive, unfortunately. You can't change this.
Maybe, in some magical future, they will change this functionality.
 

LordRascus

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Apparently you can in the new 1511 version, all though every time I try to update to it it recovers my previous version. :/
 

USAFRet

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Confirmed. This is from one of my 1511 systems:
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LordRascus

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Great! I have tried installing it several times but each time I land back on my windows desktop and the 1511 update is reinstalling.
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