SSD - things todo to save space on ssd C drive

@ rushi | Monday, Jan 1, 0001 | 1 minutes read | Update at Monday, Jan 1, 0001

Change cache location of Firefox

You can do this by creating a new hidden preference.

1. Type about:config into the location bar and press enter
2. Accept the warning message that appears, you will be taken to a list of preferences
3. Right-click somewhere in the list and select “New > String”
4. For the name of the preference type browser.cache.disk.parent_directory
5. For its value type the path to where you want to store the cache
6. Next locate the preference browser.cache.disk.enable, it must be set to true, if it is not, double-click on it to change its value

Symlink AppData folders

Windows applications often store their data and settings in an AppData folder, and each Windows user account has its own. It is located under C:\Users<username> which stores caches of various applications.

Move all the files/hidden files/sub folders from the C:\Users\Nikhil\AppData\Local to to your D:\AppData\Local directory and create a symlink.

mklink /d C:\Users\Nikhil\AppData\Local D:\AppData\Local

Move MS Office to some other drive [or install]

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIBNlTpByoY&t=36s

For 64bit

MKLINK /J "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root" "U:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root"

For 32 bit [x86]

MKLINK /J "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root" "U:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root"