Swapping current programs from HDD to SSD

[tluman2]

I am building a new computer and I bought a 1TB HDD and 120 GB SSD. What I plan on doing is putting my OS on the SSD, StarCraft II, and whatever current video game I'm playing onto the SSD for speed purposes. Whenever I finish with a game, I want to leave it installed and just move it to my HDD and then move my next game onto the SSD. Will this be as feasible as dragging the games files from one hard drive to the other or will I have to just keep uninstalling/reinstalling?

 

[USAFRet]

For the vast majority of games and applications, just dragging to another drive does not work.

The registry and/or whatever game client you use knows about it in the original installed location.

 

[ss202sl]

You could use SteamMover which make junction points and allows you to do what you want. It was designed for Steam Games, but will worl foe any folder.