[SOLVED] Ran installer for an already installed program; took up storage space as if installed twice?

[gancho-en-la-puerta]

Hello all,

I bought an SSD and I am trying to move Fusion360 to my SSD to 1) run it faster and 2) free up space on C:/ drive.

I downloaded the installer to my SSD to run it from there, hoping that Fusion would be installed to my SSD. At the time of downloading the installer, I checked my C:/ drive and I had ~17GB left. Fusion360 takes up ~4GB, according to Add/Remove Programs.

Already having Fusion360 installed in C:/, I ran the installer. After completion, I was left with ~13GB on C:/. The program still appears once, however the previous install date in Add/Remove Programs was replaced with this recent install date.

So, does this mean I just got an update but with the size of an entire install? Because the only major changed I notice is that I lost 4GB, the approximate size of the entire installed program.

 

[mdd1963]

Alas, installing to a new location takes no action to remove/uninstall from the current location.

You might have to 'add/remove' programs to remove it from the SSD, then reinstall to your Crive to officially even reinstall it there so it can be removed..

Then install it to you new destination of choice...