Factorytalk change Projects path

I’ve got a new PC for a project and it has a small SSD for the boot C drive and a large 930GB RAID D drive. I thought it would be a good idea to put all the application stuff in the D drive but many apps and Rockwell want to put lots of stuff in your users folder. How do you guys handle this? Is there a way to update the FactoryTalk default paths? I did install FactoryTalk View SE on the D drive.

Rockwell has a Tech Note describing the registry keys that must be modified. You need a TechConnect contract to view this item.

Answer ID: QA5195

https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/25424/loc/en_US#__highlight

I think you are setting yourself up for problems by changing this though. They also state that this hasn't been tested on anything newer than Windows Server 2003.

OG

Its Rockwell so it is harder than it should be.

I like this: “Any version of FactoryTalk View SE (including 9.0) will not automatically modify these registry keys during the install. The keys must be manually edited.” They should ask you when you change the install path but oh well.

It sounds like they are having you change the location of common Windows folders not changing where Rockwell puts stuff. Lame and sounds dangerous.