# Working Directory on second hard drive

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/working-directory-on-second-hard-drive/24141>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 15, 2019, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/working-directory-on-second-hard-drive/24141 "2019-04-15T05:50:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![gjw\_rfg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9dc877/32.png) [@gjw\_rfg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gjw_rfg)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/working-directory-on-second-hard-drive/24141/1 "2019-04-15T05:50:14Z")

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Is it possible to install ignition on C drive but have it use E as the working Directory?

Especially for the store and forward.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/working-directory-on-second-hard-drive/24141/2 "2019-04-15T15:41:15Z")

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Not within Ignition (why not just install the program into E:/ directly?) but if you want the data stored “remotely” you could use [symlinks](https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-take-advantage-of-symbolic-links-in-window-10/) - a built in feature to every modern OS. The folder will still “appear” to be in the C drive, but the actual physical location of the data will be the remote drive.