I have a cheap Win 8.1 laptop with 32GB C: drive. The drive is fixed eMMC, it cannot be replaced with bigger drive. I am running out of space. The laptop has a D: drive with plenty of space.
Together with the computer, I have received a free MS Office 2013 for which I am very thankful. However, it was pre-installed, I have no installation media, no serial keys. How can I move it to D:?
You can get your Office serial key by following the instructions here: Find your Office product key after installation
Alternatively any installed programs can be moved to another drive by creating a junction. Open Command Prompt as Administrator and run the commands below. The directories are for 64-bit Windows, change them as needed.
First rename the current folder for a backup:
ren "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office" "Microsoft Office.bak"
Then copy the file to the new drive with permissions intact:
robocopy "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office.bak" "D:\Microsoft Office" /E /ZB /DCOPY:T /COPYALL /R:1 /W:1 /V
Next, create the junction:
mklink /J "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office" "D:\Microsoft Office"
Finally copy the permissions to the junction:
robocopy "D:\Microsoft Office" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office" /E /COPY:SOU /xo /xn /xc /xx
Test the program to ensure it is working and then you can delete the bakup of the original folder. Additional information on the commands used can be found here: mklink and robocopy.
