if your windows dir is named c:\windows, how do you

[Win_98]

change it to something else without reinstalling windows?

[Brydon]

I thought you had already done it before http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/006422.html

I know you get the option to select the directory during the instalation but I think Partition Magic 5 which has a thing called magic mover may be able to do it.

[luqa]

If you just want to rename, boot to command prompt and use move command. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Emc2]

Actually, you'd wanna boot w/ a start disk first, then move it so you're not using system files within the windows directory. Check the autoexec.bat & config.sys if you choose this route.

[psyklone]

remember .. if you rename the windows directory you'll also need to edit your MSDOS.SYS file so that it knows where to point when it tries to boot the OS.

[Win_98]

folk it dont work!!!
I already tried it
windows booted up
missing files etc.
you're pretty much stuck with what ever name you gave it unless you format it and
reinstall from scratch again.

[lazydawg]

Win_98,
It can be done, but its sorta painfull. I did it twice (once from c:/windows to something, then back a while later). I did it under WIN3.11 but it should work for 95/98. The trick is once you move the directory, you need to go into the registry and all the system files like win.ini, .... and change all the "c:/window" statements to d:/newname or whatever you called it.

Be warned, there are a lot of places the c:/windows shows up, and I never got it 100% right until I finally moved the directory back to normal, and installed 95. Good luck if you try it.

Jim M.

[alondra]

why would one want to???
if it works leave it alone.

[Missing the point]

I thot you already did it http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif


very simply written
I was lucky i didnt name my dir windows
i name it something else
cant believe i ran it too!!!