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It's possible to "break" Windows Update reversibly (I discovered this by accident on a computer with a large HDD and small SSD a while back). Change the locatio
by SAI_Peregrinus 5y ago
It's possible to "break" Windows Update reversibly (I discovered this by accident on a computer with a large HDD and small SSD a while back). Change the location of the default `ProgramFilesDir` and `ProgramFilesDir (x86)` keys in `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion` to not be `C:\Program Files` and `C:\Program Files (x86)` respectively. EG move them to a different drive. Don't move the various programs inside. IME, everything works, except that Windows Update will check only the new location for some Microsoft programs, not fall back to the default, and fail with an unintelligible error code.