installing applications on 1 partition and the data on another

From: jack (jkean878@earthlink.net)
Date: 12/31/02


From: "jack" <jkean878@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 04:56:54 -0800

How can I install applications on one partition (say C)
and place the data areas (places where the user of that
application (or the application for that matter) will
create files or directories derived from that application?

running XP Pro



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