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How to Install Wordpad on a different partition?

I have a client that has a computer that came from dell with the recovery partition as C:\ and the system partition where Windows installed as d:

They have an application that has to have wordpad installed on the C:\ partition in order to recongnize it.

Does anyone know of a way to install wordpad on a partition other that the system partition?

This particular application has to use wordpad to view reports.

Thank you.

ignescent

wordpad is a pretty self-contained app - it's possible that it will work if you just put a copy of the exe where it's expected to be by the application in question, and it'll run from there.

dolphan2013

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Actually, instead of this, I think I have decided it might be more prudent to change the system/boot partition from d: to C;. I know this is not a great method. Do sny of you know the MS KB to do this?

Thanks

Bryon H

can you actually access the recovery partition as C:\ ?
like, start > run > c: [click ok] ?

you could change the recovery partition to something like, x:\ and then substitute c: to point to d:

to change the recovery partition:
right click my computer, manage
disk management
right-click the recovery partition (on the bottom), change drive letter, pick something else, ok

to substitute the letter C to point to the D drive, do this:
start > run > cmd [click ok]
subst c: d:\

then you're free to call things like c:\windows\whatever.exe

dolphan2013

ASKER

Thanks. I will try that for a shortterm solution.

Bryon H

the problem with changing the boot partitions is, everything installed already expects d:\ everywhere... d:\program files\etc... it's already written into files strewn about. you can get windows to think it's on C, but most programs won't work anymore

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