This browser is no longer supported.
Upgrade to Microsoft Edge to take advantage of the latest features, security updates, and technical support.
Hi guys,
I am working on Windows 10 Enterprise 20H2 laptop. I have 2 drives, C and T. I am running out of space for installing VS 2022 on drive C (10 GB free space) so I wonder if I can install VS 2022 on drive T (50 GB free space) and use it without any problems?
Thank you.
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(140.8, 78%, 23%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3ETS%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Hi @Cenk , may I ask, if this issue has been resolved? Feel free to let us know if you have any other concern.
Visual Studio can be installed on any drive, once installed you should go under tools, options and check environment paths as default paths for projects is under C:\Users...
Thank you @Karen Payne MVP , I will try and let you know.
Trying to install shared/SDK under C drive program files, how can I change it?
I think I can't totally install to another drive, the installer doesn't give a choice for shared/SDK other than drive C which means about 7-8 GB of space.
See the following -InstallDir
Hi @Cenk , just as a tip, the Shared components, tools, and SDKs path is not easy to change if you’ve installed VS on your machine before. See this doc: Select installation locations. Other similar threads: change installation path of Shared components, tools and SDKs, Unable to find fallback package folder for you to refer to.
Regards,
Tianyu
Yes I have VS 2019 on my C drive. I will check the links.
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(230.39999999999998, 2%, 32%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EBH%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
I have done this as well as the C: was near full so installed on D drive. This has led to a nightmare of using ADO though. It looks for $(VSToolsPath) - "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v17.0" but this is installed in D:. I cannot find any good information on Google or Microsoft boards to speak to how to change the $(VSToolsPath) to point to the D:.
Hi @Cenk
When installing, see the configuration:
--
I hope this helps you.
Best Regards.
Reginaldo Villela
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(48, 71%, 14%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3ESP%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Still it asks for System Drive Space of 5 GB.
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(192, 50%, 28%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3ECM%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Exactly, you chose where to install, but your choices are useless.. still asking for space on drive C.. >.<
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(307.2, 24%, 39%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EBA%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
@Cristian Macovei after doing the changes in regedit you'll need to restart the computer at least but I mean, for me it work just closing and opening again the installation program.
I did install VS 2022 onto my drive T, but as I told you before I already installed VS 2019 on my drive C so some shared components, SKD etc ate up from drive C.
Hi @Cenk , so changing the registry key Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Setup > SharedInstallationPath still doesn’t work?