How do you change Metro apps default install location?

I can't seem to find an answer for this any ware, I have a 120gb ssd drive that I use for my os, and some programs. I have another 1.5tb drive that has most of my applications and data. Since space is kind of limited on my ssd drive, I would
like to change the default install location for metro apps (Microsoft store apps, or what ever it's called) to point to my larger hard drive. I don't see a way of doing this myself, so I figured I would ask here. I also work for a company that
sells custom built computers, and this is a very popular setup, but I can see this quickly becoming a problem with this type of setup. Any help would be greatly appreciated :D

Here is what I did. I must warn that I haven't had any issues on my own machine doing this, but you might, so proceed with caution. Also, it's always a good idea to create a restore point before
starting.
1. Create a folder on your other drive that you want the applications to install to. I used the same location on my system, only on the other drive.
2. Now open up regedit, and go to this location.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Appx
3. Now right click on the "Appx" folder, and go to "Permissions"
4. Click "Advanced", and click "Change" at the top to change the owner.
5. Type in "Administrators" for the owner, and click ok, then ok again.
6. This should take you back to the regular permissions window. From here make sure "Administrators" or your user name have "Full Control", and click ok.
7. Now double click on "PackageRoot", This should bring up the String Editor.
8. Change the "Value Data" to the new folder you created, and hit ok, and close the registry editor.
9. Lately, give your machine a reboot, and you should be all set.
Give me a click if you found this helpful :D
I
did this to no avail. I am getting error message "this app couldn't be installed" error code 0x80073cfd.
I
am doing this on a Windows Surface RT. Here is what I did:
1. refreshed Surface to original setup
2. uninstalled all preinstalled metro apps (could not uninstall store and IE)
3. updated all windows updates (there's 3 and they are time consuming)
4. Created the same folders on my SD Card (\Program Files\WindowsApps\)
5. took ownership over appropriate registry item (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Appx)
6. Changed the drive letter for the "PackageRoot" (from C to D on my device)
7. Shut down (full shut down) and restarted my device
When I got back in, I tried to install the metro apps and I got the above error.
Any thoughts as to why?

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