Chrome on second HDD

This is my first laptop with two HDDs and I want to avoid putting programs on the main drive. When I installed chrome it did not give me an option to play onto the second HDD.

I want to avoid doing this with other programs...what can I do? Or is it just a chrome issue?

Edit:

Same problem with AIM.

 

in windows there is a registry entry which controls your program files path, just change that to your new drive\programfiles and it should work for you

 

The main drive used by Windows is usually addressed as "C:\". Please confirm your alternate drive letter (definitely not C drive) of the 2nd drive and copy the directory/folder which you want the Program Files to be in. For every backslash in the directory, add another backslash (\) to it (for example, "X:\Users\">>"X:\\Users\\").

Copy the following code to notepad, input the desired directory, and save as a .reg file (not .txt):

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion]
"ProgramFilesDir"="**your directory here with the added backslash**"

If your second drive letter was D drive, then the following example would apply:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion]
"ProgramFilesDir"="D:\\Program Files\\\"

Merge the .reg file with your registry by simply double clicking the file and confirming the merge.

 

Is there a reason why? That is where all the main running programs run from default C:\ that was from way back when DOS started and continues on. That programs doesn't take much space let alone the complete hard drive. Are you more concerned from Piracy issues which is what it sounds like and since that is the case you shouldn't use Chrome since it tracks your web habits. Because what your asking and what is the real question is the Privacy issues here and my thought is don't use Chrome. I use C:\ to install all of my main running programs and the secondary hard drive for all the data storage so that if the main goes out it doesn't take the data with it. That is what you should use the second drive for. And also some programs are programed to look for C:\ and run from C:\ because the windows O/S is located on there and some of those programs require the O/S kernel to work correctly.

 

I have my OS, programs, and data on my C drive and then have my personal data backed up to my separate D drive. Don't rely on one drive to store all your personal data. The OS and programs can be replaced, personal data cannot be (easily).