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I am trying to install Visual Studio Community 2017 on a different drive.
My C:-drive is a pretty small SSD with barely free space. So I tried to install VSC17 on me E:-drive without success.
In fact: The VisualStudioExecutables were on my E-drive but all the Subcomponents (Multiplatform Emulators and so on..) were installed on my C:-drive. The installer appearently knew that already since it already said to have not enough space for all components.
I also tried it via commandline
vs_Community /finalizeInstall --installPath "E:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community"
after that installer started with E: but still installed the subcomponents on C:
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The \Microsoft\VisualStudio\Shared directory is where Visual Studio stores the files that are shared by side-by-side Visual Studio installations. SDKs and tools are also stored in this directory.
By default, VS Code is installed under C:\Users\{Username}\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code .
To find the installation folder of a program using a desktop shortcut: From your desktop, right-click on the program's shortcut. Click on the Properties, and the Properties window should now be displayed. Click on the Shortcut tab, and you will find the installation path in the Target field.
Use symbolic link to direct the path to another location, but the main issue is knowing the directories of the components you are installing. to create symbolic link: 1- Run CMD as admin type the following mklink /d "link" "target"
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