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Article:		Google Your Desktop
Subject:		Rather stupid installer
Date:		2004-10-14 21:57:00
From:		sceen1
Response to: Rather stupid installer
Easily remedied with a registry change... If you want to change the location of the cache, you just need to change a registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Desktop\data_dir It defaults to C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Google Desktop Search I just exited the search with the tray icon, changed it to a folder on my D drive and moved the existing files over to the new location and then restarted it and it is now updating at the new location just dandy..

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• Rather stupid installer
  2008-09-07 22:57:55  TameemAhmed [View]
  
  
  useful tip! thanks.

• Rather stupid installer
  2007-09-15 16:57:19  mojmiskojegenijazavoznju [View]
  
  
  Hi!
  I just wanted to thank you - your simple tip worked!

• Rather stupid installer
  2005-12-07 22:09:04  michaelbd [View]
  
  
  The installer seems to behave a bit better with 2.0. It still offers no choice for the location of the data directory (during or after install). But it does make a better choice about which drive to put it on. On my system it went for drive F: which was the first one that had > 2.5 GB of free space.

• Rather stupid installer
  2004-10-15 13:38:20  pixelgeek [View]
  
  
  Easily remedied with a registry change...
  
  Not if it won't install
  
  There are no reg keys if the app doesn't install and it won't install on my system for the reasons I mentioned.