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robertw43855807
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February 13, 2018
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Installation on a different drive than C

  • February 13, 2018
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I want to install LR on a large hard drive as my SSD C drive is too small.

Ididn't see an option to do this, and it was installed on my (small) C drive.

I have had to reload windows and just finished dowmloading a new copy of the app, intending to respond to a (apparently non-existant) window that would allow me to select where to install it.

Does anyone have an idea as to move/reinstall LR to a different drive than C?

I have no folders,etc. This is equivalent to a first time download, I assume

bob

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    Correct answer Just Shoot Me

    I am trying to get the desktop version which I believe is

    Lightroom Classic CC. This is the option on the page with all the apps. Says it is "desktop-focused photo editing".

    I download that installer and, after I give my password, it just starts.

    No other option.

    Where do I find CC DTA?


    Download Creative Cloud desktop app

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    Vic-86
    Known Participant
    July 21, 2023

    Typically you want your applications on the C: drive, that's where they will do best. What I think you are concerned about, tell me if I'm wrong, is the space taken by the image and catalog files. There is no need to have either of those on C:, the system drive.

    On my setup the C: drive is 500GB, much too small to hold the 1.7TB of image files I have. So the catalog and image files live on a portable 4TB SSD. The application files are on C:.

    Hope this helps.

    Win 10 on NUC w/Intel I-7, 32G RAM, M2 SSD, Current Lr & Ps
    Just Shoot Me
    Just Shoot Me
    Brainiac
    February 13, 2018

    I've branched your post to a new thread.

    To install the CC apps on a different drive than C you have to make the change in the Creative Cloud Desktop App in the Preference section.

    If you already have the apps installed you have to uninstall them, make the change in the CC DTA and then reinstall.

    The screen shot above is from an older version of the CC DTA but it is the same for the newest version.

    robertw43855807
    robertw43855807Author
    Participating Frequently
    February 13, 2018

    I don't see that at all.

    Here is what I get when I click preferences

    Just Shoot Me
    Just Shoot Me
    Brainiac
    February 14, 2018

    Have deleted original program and downloaded installer Lightroom_Set-Up again.

    It doesn't give me an option as to where to install it.

    After I let it run it just starts!


    The screen shot I posted and wrote about is for the Creative Cloud Desktop app.

    If you are using LR CC, the Cloud Centric version of LR, you are posting in the wrong forum.

    In any event you can install LR CC from the CC DTA and before you install you can change the install drive and folder in the CC DTA as I have pointed out in my other post. You do that in the Preferences of the CC DTA. Not in whatever installer you have downloaded.

    The CC DTA needs to be installed first and that will install to the C drive. No way to stop or change that.

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