After a fresh install of XP, I change my Program and Common Files directories to another partition. Normally you have to go through and find about 4 different places. So I've made a reg file. Thought you may find it of some use as well!
Copy between the lines, paste into notepad, save as Change_ProgFiles_Dir.reg (save sa type all files) and double click it! Simple
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion]
"ProgramFilesDir"="D:\\Program Files"
"CommonFilesDir"="D:\\Program Files\\Common Files"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\SFC]
"ProgramFilesDir"="D:\\Program Files"
"CommonFilesDir"="D:\\Program Files\\Common Files"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\Session Manager\SFC]
"ProgramFilesDir"="D:\\Program Files"
"CommonFilesDir"="D:\\Program Files\\Common Files"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\SFC]
"ProgramFilesDir"="D:\\Program Files"
"CommonFilesDir"="D:\\Program Files\\Common Files"
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Copy between the lines, paste into notepad, save as Change_ProgFiles_Dir.reg (save sa type all files) and double click it! Simple
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion]
"ProgramFilesDir"="D:\\Program Files"
"CommonFilesDir"="D:\\Program Files\\Common Files"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\SFC]
"ProgramFilesDir"="D:\\Program Files"
"CommonFilesDir"="D:\\Program Files\\Common Files"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\Session Manager\SFC]
"ProgramFilesDir"="D:\\Program Files"
"CommonFilesDir"="D:\\Program Files\\Common Files"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\SFC]
"ProgramFilesDir"="D:\\Program Files"
"CommonFilesDir"="D:\\Program Files\\Common Files"
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