How to change the default install location of Windows Store Apps

In my previous article, I explained you the way to view the default install location of Windows Store Apps. Now I will explain you the way to change the default install location of Windows Store Apps. For changing the install location of Windows Store Apps, we need to tweak Windows Registry.

Press Windows + R to open the run command.

Then type “regedit” and then press Enter/OK.

Now, drill down to the following path in the registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionAppx

Now, right-click Appx and select “Permissions” from the context menu

From the Permissions window, click the “Advanced” button. You will be able to see the following window.

Here, make sure “TrustedInstaller” is selected in the Permission entries below and click the “Change” option at the top beside the Owner principal (TrustedInstaller).

In the Select User or Group window, enter your username (or a part of it) in the text field below and hit the “Check Names” button.

This will resolve the name into the appropriate path. Click OK here and in the previous window (where you should notice the Owner has changed to your username).

Finally, in the Permissions window, select the Administrators group, click the checkbox under “Allow” for “Full Control” and hit Ok.

After taking the ownership, you can easily edit the PackageRoot  registry key by right-clicking it and selecting Modify.

While changing the default install location, there is one little issue. The apps installed before changing the default location will have their data in the original location and updating these apps will produce an error. In order to avoid the error, you can uninstall and reinstall all current Windows Store apps to relocate them to the new default location.

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