How to install Apps in SD Card in Windows 8.1 ?

I wouldn't say it's a patronizing answer - there are people that don't think to clean up their systems periodically. It addressed the underlying issue (in most cases) - the possibility of running out of space. I have 9 GB free on my 32 GB Surface RT, so I have to be as careful about what I install as anyone. But I also audit my programs frequently, and have everything I can redirected to the SD card - Documents, Downloads, Videos, Onedrive.

It is a temporary solution, I agree, but since MS seems most concerned with making sure systems are stable I think it's probably the best one. Since they deliberately "broke" the hack, I doubt they plan on reactivating it. I never used the hack, specifically because it was unsupported and not recommended.

As for why they did it, I imagine there would be risks involved with having apps saved on removable storage, even if the user doesn't treat it as such. But I don't see anything wrong in letting savvy users choose to take on that risk, either.

I certainly don't treat my SD card as removable - the only time I removed it was when I upgraded it. But I have had it pop out when I held my Surface "wrong" (picking it up & closing the kickstand) - the card slot on the Surface seems to be right where my hands want to go naturally. I wonder how the system would have handed it if the app I'd been running had been on the card? Has anyone who used the hack in 8.0 encountered that situation? Had the card unmount/pop out while running an app installed on it?  I'm genuinely curious about how well 8.0 recovered from that.

Please note, my thoughts about why MS doesn't allow this are entirely speculation - I don't have any kind of insider knowledge. It's just an educated guess.

Other options for freeing space include making a recovery USB drive and deleting the recovery partition - I just did that on my Surface. Next I might try letting the Surface compress the C drive. I'm holding off because I'm worried about whether there's a performance hit.

There's no harm in asking MS to make putting apps on the SD card officially supported (instead of the unsupported hack from 8.0) but we also have to acknowledge that it may not happen. It makes sense to also find other ways to save and reclaim space while asking for change.

Which ever way you look at the original question and the reply you simply cannot hide the fact that it needs to be addressed to be able to install apps to an sd card. For a thriving app store to compete with Android and Apple surely this makes sense, especially as the OS takes up such a large amount of the initial storage space.

Yes, a temporary solution would be to remove some old files or apps you no longer use but the real issue and which was asked is 'how to install apps to an sd card in windows 8.1?'.

The simple answer is you cant and there was a solution provided which would help a little but this was also a little patronizing i feel, freeing up some space is pretty obvious really. It would be good to know if this feature will ever happen or why not if its not going to be.

Running windows 8.1 is a complete OS (unless its RT) but has limitations like this, i have enjoyed the flexibility over the years to pretty much install applications to  whatever drive i wanted, now it seems my hands are tied.

That my thoughts anyway.

Question is

How to install Apps in SD Card in Windows 8.1 ?

And answer about deleting files etc... didn't help to solve this question, so NO it's not a good answer!

Agree with courtesy part! And some tablet didn't offer more than 32gb. It's a real issue and Msoft HAVE to fix that ! And more you comment on this question, better chance Msoft fix that !

"No you can't do that. Here's other ways to help with space constraints." isn't a valid answer to the question? Would you prefer people lie about being able to puts apps on an SD card - tell you it can be done when it in fact can't?

Again, it's not the answer you want to hear, but it is an answer. How else would you increase your free space on a built-in drive than deleting files or using Disk Cleanup?

I agree the "adding memory" suggestion is irrelevant. Memory has nothing to do with disk space. Maybe, since a lot of people do confuse RAM and storage, he was covering all the bases, but I agree it was off the mark.

But prior to that, the answer was correct.

My objection here is simply that it's rather rude to call someone stupid because they gave an answer you're not satisfied with. Whether it's a good answer or not, he at least tried to help. Frustration doesn't excuse a lack of courtesy. All it does is make people less interested in helping you next time.