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I have Win7 installed on an HDD (C drive) that has all my stuff on it. Recently I bought an SSD (E drive) and today I have been migrating things over. I changed the registries so that C is my default installation drive using this guide. My problem is that some of my desktop shortcut's targets point to C:.... for applications that are installed in E:.... The start in field is still correct, but the target is wrong. When I try to change the target, I am able to edit it to E:.... and click apply, but when I close the properties window it goes back to C:.... Why is this and how can I fix it?

Edit: The applications themselves are fine, its just the shortcuts that are messed up. If I navigate to their folder everything works.

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Sorry, your link is broken. Which values in your reg did you modify? –  icu222much Feb 24 '13 at 16:19
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The link is fixed. –  David Grinberg Feb 24 '13 at 16:22
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If I understand you right, your programs are working except the shortcuts on your desktop are all messed up. If this are simply shortcuts on your desktop, just delete them and recreate them. To recreate them just go to them in your program menu, use your RIGHT mouse button to drag them to your desktop. When you release it, select "create shortcut".

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Yeah... I know I could do that is (a) not interesting and (b) doesnt fix the underlying problem. While C is my default drive, I still install a bunch of stuff to E. I dont want to have to recreate a shortcut EVERY time I install something to E. –  David Grinberg Feb 24 '13 at 18:58
Are you having to change the icon now when you install something new? It doesn't point to E now if you install it on E? –  Dale Feb 24 '13 at 19:02
Yes, the icon also points incorrectly to C and I need to reset it to its actual location in E. And yes, this only happens when I install to E. Things installed to C work fine. –  David Grinberg Feb 24 '13 at 19:14

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