Change Windows 8 App Store Install Drive

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Here are Microsoft instructions

You can change Windows App Store install drive so that you can use a secondary, but it is not recommended.
There is a drawback using this method. Since you change the app install location, whenever you try to update already installed apps which were installed in default location before applying this Registry tweak, the apps will refuse to update and will show error message. It happens because the old installation path and the new installation path at the time of update do not match.
1. Press "WIN+R" key combination to launch RUN dialog box then type regedit and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor.
2. Now go to following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Appx
3. In right-side pane, you'll see a String PackageRoot containing "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps" as its value.
4. You just need to change its value to your desired drive or folder. But Windows will not allow you to modify its value because you don't have required permissions.
To change the value, you'll need to take ownership of "Appx" key using following link:
Take Ownership of a File or Folder.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753659.aspx
5. After taking ownership and assigning full control to your user account, double-click on PackageRoot and change its value to your custom location such as E:\WindowsApps or any other location.
6. That's it. Close Registry Editor and restart your system and now whenever you'll install a new app from Store, it'll be installed in the new location instead of default installation location.
Important: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/ )
How to back up and restore the registry in Windows.


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