Installing grand chase to a different drive

November 21st, 2008

Some software installers doesn’t give you the option to choose on where you want to put the installation files other than the drive where your operating system is located, (drive C: for most of us)

but by using a simple registry hack, you can change the default installation folder which is “C:\Program Files” to the drive letter of your choice,

some small applications can do this, but for now, I’ll teach you how to achieve this task by simply editing the registry,

Warning: modification of registry can cause irreversible damage to your operating system, use this information at your own risk.

It is better to backup your registry first before doing anything on it , and here’s how I do it.

Backuping registry
Open Backup utility> Start> Run> type ntbackup > click ok

or you can also do this by going to,

Start> All Programs> Accessories> System Tools> click Backup

click backup wizard > next> only backup the system state data,

choose a file destination and name, and when a problem occurs after you’ve edited the registry, you can restore it later to its original setting by using the backup you’ve just created.

Changing Default Installation Path
(I’m using win xp, this may not work on other versions of windows)

Step1: Open regedit, go to START> RUN > type in REGEDIT (press ok)

Step2: go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE> SOFTWARE> MICROSOFT> WINDOWS> CURRENTVERSION

Step3: (at the right side) look for ProgramFilesDir , right click on it and select modify,

then change the C:\Program Files to the drive letter of your choice

example: E:\Program Files ,

on whether you can use a different folder name, instead of “Program Files” , I’ve already tried it, and the default installation still goes to the program files folder and not on my custom folder. so let’s keep it that way.

after you’re done editing the registry, restart your computer for the change to take effect,

and then you’ll can see that windows already created a new program files folder in that drive letter, you can also see that other windows bundled softwares like media player is also inside your new program files folder, but its normal.

now Install grand chase , or any other software that doesn’t have the file destination option.

you can keep it that way for future software installations or change it back to its original setting using the same registry editing steps above.

Enjoy!

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John M
November 24th, 2008 at 2:17 pm

I HAVE A PROBLEM!!! This guide helped me in editing the registry. But after I restarted my pc, I immediately clicked the GrandChaseSetup.exe and still it tells me to free up some memory. I need help. Please. I want to play this game badly. Thanks.

Kending Kamias
November 24th, 2008 at 2:41 pm

john, try this

windows start->run
type %temp%

then delete all temp files

if it doesn’t work, try to move your c: temp folder to another drive which has more free space,

right click my computer>properties>advanced>environmental variables>system variables> look for TMP and TEMP

(make a temp folder on new drive location first before editing)

then set it to a new location, ok –
then restart pc to take effect.

John M
November 24th, 2008 at 3:20 pm

Ive done it all. Still it affects the Drive:C. Sorry. I came to the part where it is saying “Extract file 1 (etc).” and after that my Drive:C went down to 59 mb so still. It was a failure. Why is install shield like that. xD

John M
November 24th, 2008 at 4:09 pm

THANK YOU!!! I GOT IT SOLVED!!! Merry Christmas^^

Kending Kamias
November 25th, 2008 at 2:12 am

great!

John M
December 5th, 2008 at 1:55 pm

How can i revert the environment variables on its original path? I think it affects my gaming. Thanks.

Kending Kamias
December 5th, 2008 at 3:08 pm

just change it back to drive C:

Justin
December 14th, 2008 at 2:31 pm

wah/ namiss ko na site na 2 ahh……

i want GRAND CHASE COMICS!!!!!

John M
January 3rd, 2009 at 7:14 am

XD. Poor me, I got a “Error loading operating system” while jumping in the Gaiko’s Castle. Now I have to reformat. LOL. My computer’s partition sucked so goood. ^_^. Happy New Year

Kending Kamias
January 3rd, 2009 at 9:36 am

Happy new year!