The cure for budget builds with one fast drive.
Freeze idle apps from your fast drive (C:) to a roomy drive (D:) via directory junctions, and defrost them on demand — shortcuts and launchers keep working the whole time.
Download & run
Grab Stowbyte.exe below and double-click it. No install, no .NET required (the runtime is bundled). It self-elevates via UAC because creating junctions into C:\Program Files needs admin.
Highlights
- Tray grid of your apps real icons — green = on C (thawed), blue = on D (frozen)
- One-click Freeze / Defrost with a live progress %
- Shuttle mode: auto-defrost on launch, auto-freeze on close (great for ComfyUI)
- Per-app move timings + hover clock
- Start with Windows, no UAC nag
- No telemetry — nothing leaves your PC
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