I recently updated from Quickbooks 2004 to Quickbooks 2007. Now I have over
300+ MBytes located in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Intuit\, eventhough I installed Quickbooks on my E: drive. It looks like these files are related to Quickbooks updates.How can I get Quickbooks to use the E: drive for this kind of stuff? Can I delete these files from the C: drive (I am running critically low on space on the C: drive).
Thanks,
"Mike Schumann" :
This type of problem is only going to get worse. Microsoft has been harping on software developers to store application data in the folder tree you note for several years. This is to separate application program files (executable read-only files) from data files (read-write files), mainly for security reasons. With the release of Vista, stricter file permissions make it paramount to follow those rules. So applications ask the OS where this tree is located and then create their own sub-folders there. This of course gives the application no control over the partition or drive on which it is located. Starting with QB 2007, QB is putting all sorts of stuff like samples, templates, update downloads, etc. under the D&S tree.
There are articles on MSDN (msdn.microsoft.com) describing how to relocate the various structures under Documents and Settings. In fact it is quite easy to move your own user's "My Documents" folder by selecting properties from its context menu and clicking the "move" button. Unfortunately, it's not so easy for the All Users folder... Good luck.
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