How to make HDD Default drive

[AllenNeedsADesktop]

I currently using my SSD as the start up drive like everyone else. But all my files and games are all stored on my HDD, how do I make sure that I'm using my HDD as my desktop drive. Like I'm trying to use windows search to search for apps but its not finding the apps/games that are on my HDD because Im using the SSD as the default drive with only windows 10 on it. I hope I made my problem clear. Thank you for reading!

 

[Eximo]

Yes, though you've used many incorrect terms. Changing your default drive is more like boot order, and even then would require an OS on both drives.

You want to change the search behavior in Windows 10. Notoriously bad, and seems to get worse with each update.

Typically if you are in the start menu and you type in something, you will now have to click further to separate out what MS thinks you should be seeing. There should be a separator for 'Best match', 'Recent', and 'Apps'. You will find your games under Apps. (You can attempt to adjust the Windows search by going to the new Windows settings menu, and messing around in the Search settings. (You can stop it from searching the internet and stuff)

If you are having difficulty searching in Explorer, you may need to index your drive for quicker search results.


To elaborate a little further it doesn't really matter where your games are stored unless they aren't properly installed. If they are properly installed there will be registry entries for the files and folders, start menu entries, uninstall entries, and so on.

You could try creating a folder in your start menu with shortcuts to all your applications, this may make the search results more relevant.