C:/ is full. Want to install at D:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox. Stub just installs on C:/
Thank you for your consideration
Windows 8.1 with Bing 32-bit OS with x64-based processor
Have been unable to download anything for a couple of days, now. Uninstalled and re-installed.
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It sounds like the problem is the hard drive. How much room is left on the drive? Can you move unneeded/little used files to another drive?
Movies, audio . . . . .
Done and done!
With ff installed, C:/ has 603Mb free space.
D:/ has 50Gb+ free space, which is why I want to run it from there.
Who puts a 16Gb drive in boot position?
SO.. a modified stub for a D:/ install? or A much more flexible installer stub?
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OK.. considering 'PortableApps'
is this a thing? is this another big time-suck?
still can't download anything...
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Maybe you'll find these articles helpful :
https://www.winhelp.us/free-up-disk-space-in-windows.html
https://www.howtogeek.com/125923/7-ways-to-free-up-hard-disk-space-on-windows/
Did both of those things months ago, and it was helpful to some extent.
I'm reading into your answer: "there is NOT a way to steer the firefox installation to another drive" right?
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I'm reading into your answer: "there is NOT a way to steer the firefox installation to another drive" right?
No, reading between the lines you sould see : "Happy112 doesn't have a clue and is hoping that somebody with better working braincells will come to your rescue ....... "
Would you take a look at this, please :
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/987782
Any good ?
Note that the Firefox profile folder takes a lot more memory (a few hundred MB in both AppData\Roaming and AppData\Local) than the Firefox installation folder. So you should probably move the profile folder as well. You will first have to create a new folder on the D: drive that you exclusively use for the Firefox profile folder and do not create this folder in the Firefox program folder, but in another location like D:\Firefox\profile. You can use the Profile Manager to create a new folder and click "Choose Folder" on the second screen to point to the folder that you have created before.
Firefox uses two locations for the Firefox profile folder, one for the main profile folder that stores personal data and another location for temporary data like the disk cache. Location used for the main profile in "AppData\Roaming" that keeps your personal data.
- C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile>\
Location used for the disk cache and other temporary files in "AppData\Local".
- C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile>\
Until you get room on your C: drive, try this out;
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition A fully functional package of Firefox optimized for use on a USB key drive. A specialized launcher will allow most favorite extensions to work as you switch computers.
Firefox Portable is a 3rd-party build. Support is available here: http://portableapps.com/forums/support/firefox_portable