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Answer» Because my laptop has limited memory I changed the default download folder to a microSDXC card.
I can guess what you did. Who told you to do it that way? Some programs will still look in the old place. Did you know you can assign a drive to a directory? https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/dm_drive_letter.mspx?mfr=true The above is for XP. Here is the same for win 10 or 7. http://pcsupport.about.com/od/tipstricks/f/change-drive-letter.htm Look for where it says: Change Drive Letter and Paths ... Used correctly, it lets you expand your storage as if the first drive became larger. This is like the mount point feature in Linux. Does that help any? I changed it using the following: Admin Command Prompt takeown /f "C:\Windows\System32" /r Then changed the default folder to D:/ I didn't save the website I got that from - I usually do. Was this not a good way to do it? I will look at the link you posted thanks. I suppose I should undo what I did above.Moving and/or changing location of any Windows System folders will stop things from running properly and possibly render the PC un-bootable... The reason you have a Program Files and Program Files(86) folder is LIKELY because your Win ver. is 64 bit...these should also not be moved or renamed... The above is why you are getting errors when launching any .exe's... I would revert all your changes before it stopps running altogether. Have you considered getting a larger HDD for this PC ? ?See inline responses below in red Quote from: danni on March 01, 2016, 01:14:56 AM Okay thanks for the info. I think I'll put it back how it was. D:/ is a 64GB micro SDXC cardYou don't "move" the download folder. You just select a new location to which you want to download and set the option in the browser preferences to always download to that location.Sorry for misunderstanding - when I said I 'moved' downloads folder I meant I changed it's path to a preferred download folder. To revert back to 'Trusted Installer' what do I type in to command prompt? And to answer a previous question - yes my Win ver is a 64 bit. And to answer another previous question - no I hadn't thought of putting a bigger HDD in my laptop because I didn't think that could be done in a laptop. There is space to have another 4GB put in but that's all so I didn't think it was worth the expense for such a SMALL amount of extra memory. As far as I can tell the micro SDXC card is the best option because it gives me an extra 64GB of memory. I just have to learn how to redirect downloads to the micro SDXC card in drive D:/ I purchased this laptop for study only and wasn't too concerned about memory because I have 1T of cloud storage for all my files. However I didn't realise just how small the memory was because it's nowhere near enough just to download all the software I need for my studies.The 4G is RAM...not storage space...you're confusing the 2... Post the full Model # of the laptop and we can recommend what HDD you can get for it. This will solve the free space issues you are having... Is this the ASUS Book Flip you were speaking to Cameron about BTW ? ?If I am confusing the two why doesn't another storage drive show up? And why does it keep telling me I've run out of memory? And why didn't the salesman explain that to me when I asked him about the memory? Instead he sold me the micro SDXC card and told me to use that. Info about my laptop: Serial Number: FANLCX334933446 Product Type: Eee Book Product Name: Asus Transformer Book Flip TP200SA Purchase Date: 29th February 2016 Will installing another hard drive interfere with my warranty because it's only a week old?Ram is 2GB Memory is 28.8GB What I discovered with that command line i typed in it didn't actually change ownership of 'Trusted Installer' It added me as owner and gave me full access and control. |
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