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How to Install/Run Applications from an External Hard Drive (New)


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Install Windows 10 Apps to an External or Second Drive
Run Application from an External Hard Drive

When your C drive is out of space, or you just want to store some applications on an external device, Windows can help. You can install all new programs to an external device or secondary internal drive with the built-in settings. Here are the steps to install/run Windows 10 Apps to an external hard drive or second drive.

Part 1. Install Windows 10 Apps to an External or Second Drive

Connect your external hard drive to your PC. Follow the details below to install new programs on an external hard drive.

Step 1. Click the Start menu and select Settings (the gear icon).

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Step 2. Select "System > Storage > Change where new content is saved.

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Step 3. Use the New apps will save to dropdown menu to select your external drive.

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Part 2. Run Application from an External Hard Drive

You have learned about how to install new applications to an external hard drive or second drive. What about installed applications? How to move and run the applications from an external hard drive?

Purposes of this part

Solution implementation

Tip: You can execute a massive transfer of the executable application from a Windows machine to the external storage unless the drive cannot hold the many.

First, move your apps to the external hard drive.

Step 1. Connect your external hard drive to your computer. Open Qiling Disk Master and select "File sync".

select transfer mode

Step 2. Find and choose the applications (marked as "Yes") that you want to transfer. You can select multiple apps.

Click the triangle icon and select your external hard drive as the destination to store the apps.

transfer app yo external hard drive

Step 3. Then, click "Proceed" to move your programs to an external hard drive.

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Second, plug the external drive back into your computer.

Third, get ready to run the application from the external drive.

Conclusion

That's all about installing and running applications from an external hard drive. If you want to free up space and change the installation place, select Part 1. If you want to move installed applications to an external hard drive, refer to Part 2.

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