Ssd space used by Photoshop

ron2456

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I bought Adobe Photoshop CS6 and installed it on my secondary 1tb hdd. After Installing the used space on my primary Ssd C: drive was 19.4gbas opposed to 18.5gb before install. Now why did the installation take so much space out of the C drive? Not a big deal but it led my OCD to a red alert.
 

luckymatt42

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May 23, 2018
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Maybe check your My Documents folder...the install may have created a folder there for save files, configuration files, etc. Sometimes even when you install to a second drive, the default behavior of the program is to install "stuff" to the users My Documents folder.

Total guess, but that's my 2 cents.
 

USAFRet

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0.9GB?
That could be a lot of things. Even simply a Windows Restore Point...nothing to do with the actual application.

Install and run WinDirStat.
Run as Administrator.
Investigate.
 

USAFRet

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A lot of applications do that.
Install on a drive other than the OS, and some files still end up on the OS drive.

And ideally, you do want the applications on the SSD. Things on the SSD run faster.
That's why you have it.