Apps Installing on ssd not hdd

[Magic Potato]

I installed the windows 10 os on my ssd, and set the default document and download location to the hdd, to the point that i even went into redegit and set the program files to the E drive. Even with all this, programs like skype, spotify, teamspeak3, and others that dont let me browse the install directory are installing into the C drive (ssd) and are filling up the space inside the appcache folder in users.

My SSD is 120gb and with windows it bumped down to 90gb. If it keeps filling up with apps, it'll run out.

 

[USAFRet]

1. Undo that forced change to the E drive. You should choose where each application goes.
2. Almost all applications allow you to choose where things get installed. A few, like Skyps, do not.
3. You have 90GB free? Do not worry about it.

 

[Magic Potato]

So I should just keep installing stuff, without worrying?

 

[USAFRet]

So I should just keep installing stuff, without worrying?

Yes. My previous C drive was a 120GB Kingston. Worked flawlessly for 3+ years. Still exists, just as a secondary drive.
Applications don't take up all that much space. Games, music, video, docs...yes, those take up a lot of space.

For example, 1 x 60GB game will use up all your usable space.
20 x 100MB applications won't begin to make a dent.

Install all your applications on it. Don't let it go over 85GB or so used space.

 

[Magic Potato]

So I should just keep installing stuff, without worrying?

Yes. My previous C drive was a 120GB Kingston. Worked flawlessly for 3+ years. Still exists, just as a secondary drive.
Applications don't take up all that much space. Games, music, video, docs...yes, those take up a lot of space.

For example, 1 x 60GB game will use up all your usable space.
20 x 100MB applications won't begin to make a dent.

Install all your applications on it. Don't let it go over 85GB or so used space.

Thanks so much. Sorry for the persistence but, if i download music to my E drive and pass it to skype, which is on my C drive, will it just use the app as a shortcut to the music on the E drive ( not change the location to the C drive)

 

[USAFRet]

Install all your applications on it. Don't let it go over 85GB or so used space.

Thanks so much. Sorry for the persistence but, if i download music to my E drive and pass it to skype, which is on my C drive, will it just use the app as a shortcut to the music on the E drive ( not change the location to the C drive)
[/quotemsg]

Yes. Where the file actually lives is the only concern. Where the client (Skype) lives, is of little concern.