[ostrenga4]

how to install ovi suite to a drive other than c:??? my c: drive is almost full with other partitions perfectly free to install it, how do i do that? can i use previous versions of ovi suite to use with my e63? at this point, i'm unable to use ovi suite at all, because there's no room to install it on my c: drive.

allllllllso there's one more thing, when i originally had tried installing ovi suite on my computer i had more than 1gb free. after installing it i on'ly had 500mb free. i had only intended for it to use a very small amount of space, and since i also use my c: drive for virtual memory i quickly uninstalled it, looking for an option i'd maybe skipped over while installing it the first time. no luck. anyways, when i looked in the add/remove programs control panel the installed size of ovi suite was only 40-50mb. even after uninstalling ovi suite the extra memory space that seemed to all of a sudden taken up by the installation stayed used.

when looking at the file sizes of everything on my hard drive, (including system files and paging file) there is still a descreprency between the amount of memory used and the size of all files total on the drive. at this point im quite disgusted and disapointed in ovi suite as i'm mostly unable to use it to connect my phone to my computer and i'm also having problems with the CA101 cable as well. i guess i'll have to go check for another cable.

nokia!!! wake up and fix yo **bleep**!!!!

anyone have any solutions for the main problem? (installing to a drive other than c? is there support for this option in any of the new beta versions? can that be included in the newest betas? i'm suuuuuure i'm not the only one begging for this option!!!

[saylinen]

Hi ostrenga4, sorry to hear about your experiences.

When installing Nokia Ovi Suite to PC, Windows makes "system restoration points", which are available to restore operating system to previous condition, if something goes wrong, for example in driver installation.

You can change install location of Nokia Ovi Suite with following:

- Download Nokia Ovi Suite install package from Nokia Ovi Suite pages

- Start Windows Command prompt

- From Command prompt, navigate to folder containing Nokia Ovi Suite install package, which you downloaded

- Start Nokia Ovi Suite install package with command line "Nokia_Ovi_Suite_webinstaller.exe /TARGET="D:\TestDir\Test"

- This results, that Nokia Ovi Suite installer creates folder D:\TestDir\Test (if that doesn't exist) and installs Nokia Ovi Suite there.

- Unfortunately, Windows Installer still keeps installer cache files and system restoration points in C: drive (or whatever your system drive is)

As you can see, this is possible, but it is very much recommend to have enough space for installing software into system drive.

Cheers, Samuli

[kiltbear]

The main problem is that if you do a full install of OVI suite, you can select which drive to install it to,

but as soon as you update OVI Suite with the "Update Software" function, it will go to C: without asking or any possibility to change the path.

When i install software on D: (where all my other application software "lives") I expect updates to be "in place" not move the software onto another. Drive again. Someone definitely has no clue about writing installers. This is beyond inept, sorry.

Just one more in the almost endless list of bugs, issues and design faults in OVI-Suite.

[ogedeikhan]

i have exactly the same problem... my pc suite is on D:, but the software updater goes C: without asking. damn **bleep**.

[4088]

The solution you provided works but why not give an option to the user to select where he/she wants to install the OVI suit.

Nokia does need to up its game.

this is not good.

[4088]

BTW i did try your approach,
using win 7, started command prompt as admin
gave the command you provided,
windows gives error " Nokia Installer Application has stopped working"

[oviDUKEworld]

change your windows default installation directory. For example: by default it is set to C:\Program File and you want to make it to D:\Program Files.

For that do these followings:

1. Go to Run menu, and type regedit and press Enter.

2. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
2. Find ProgramFilesDir whose default should be C:\Program Files
3. Change this to D:\Program Files.

Restart your windows and then install the Nokia Ovi Suite.

[phenoon]

Can you, please, explain the gap 2. and 2.

I've navigated to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
Just can't find ProgramFilesDir whose default should be C:\Program Files
So I can't hange this to D:\Program Files

BTW: Is this regedit mean, that all previous programs could not get updated now?

Thanks in advance

[xichael21]

click on the currentversion folder itself and you should see programfilesdir on the right

[bavvo]

I have tried the suggested solution with the current version 3.2, now called Nokia Suite and it does not work, even with the /Target switch. It still tries to force the install into c:\program files (x86)\Nokia. This is no use to me as my C:drive is a small flash card and does not have the space for extra software.

Has this command changed? I must be able to install this to the D: drive.

[alpha_psi]

So, any resolution to this? Is Nokia going to force install on C: drive on all of us with small SSDs? This is one of the few programs that don't allow you to select the destination.

[haZey]

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alpha_psi wrote:
So, any resolution to this? Is Nokia going to force install on C: drive on all of us with small SSDs? This is one of the few programs that don't allow you to select the destination.

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Have you tried the solution from saylinen?  

[dlibdlib]

I think I've finally got this to work,  

Nokia_Suite_webinstaller_ALL.exe /TARGET="E:\Program Files\Nokia"

Would like the drivers to on C: but is life to short?