Securely Move Microsoft SDKs Folders

Question

I have a folder on my hard drive, C: \ Program Files \ Microsoft SDK, and I was wondering if it is possible to move it to an external drive. Does Visual Studio or any other tool depend on this particular folder?

Answer 1

There are many entries in the registry (at least in my registry) that point to this location, so it seems that something will work less optimally. At a minimum, this would make uninstaller a bit confusing. It is probably safe to just rename the directory temporarily and try your builds to make sure they still work. Ultimately, however, it seems to be the cleanest way to start the installation again to actually remove it, and then install it in a new location.

Answer 2

Yes. Most of the unmanaged code in VSStudio refers to some include files contained in the include folder.

Also mentioned are some exes in the bin folder (especially VS2008).

VS2005 refers to the internal location of the SDK platform.

VS2008 C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Windows\v6.0A

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Answer 3

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