Change the Default Location for Installing Applications/Softwares

As the size of hard drives increase, more people are using partitions to separate and store groups of files.

Windows uses the C:\Program Files directory as the default base directory into which new programs are installed. However, you can change the default installation drive or directory by using a Registry hack.

Go to:-

1) Start > Run

2) Type regedit

3) Go to this directory   
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

4) Look for the value named ProgramFilesDir by default, this value will be C:\Program Files. Edit the value to any valid drive or folder and windows will use that new location as the default installation directory for new programs.