Office 2013 - CANT Set Drive to Install On!!!

[LordX]

Ok, I have a customer who has a machine with a SMALL (built in) SSD drive as the C: drive, and a large D: drive for vids music etc.

After all the Win8 Updates - the WinSXS folder Ballooned to 12GB and made the Windows DIR a total of 18.6GB!!!

So now I am trying to install Office 2013. I downloaded the file, and clicked it to run - it gives me NO options for custom location - and immediately kicks back saying not enough space - needs 5.5 or something free.

This is REALLY bugging me.

I am writing to see if anyone has discovered a method to do this? Like a properties thingy I could put in the shortcut (e.g. setup.exe -d:, or setup.exe -custom)

Any help would be greatly appreciated! I really don't want to have to reformat this system - and neither does the customer.

 

[altrenda]

Have you read this?

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...-drive-i/daf53e4d-5ee3-494c-b824-fe6fa49be107

 

[OfficeTechs]

that SSD drive needs swapping out for a larger one, Office 2013 aside even ongoing with Windows updates having so little free space is going to become a problem.

 

[LordX]

Ok that did not work.

The web link brings you to a page to get Office 2013 PRO PLUS.

Now - it does give you a download for PRO PLUS that allows you to select your install location - but not any version.

It is really annoying too - because it installed, I typed in the key - and got a big green check mark - so I was happy - then it had me log in with the MS e-mail - and bam - NOT the same version error... as if it couldn't just limit access to non pro programs or adjust the install.

Thanks for the link though - may prove useful in the future.