changing %ProgramFiles%

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I wanted to do a test and change the default system c:\Program Files path.

I can see in my registry that it is given the value %ProgramFiles%. I assumed I could initialize the default value by creating a new system environment variable "ProgramFiles" from the control panel, but when I create it with my new value it does not work
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I am saying create the environment variable since there is none after Windows install from what I can see in the control panel/System. The thing though, is if I do "set" in the console, I can see the system has another way to initialize it since ProgramFiles has already a value.

How can I change the default c:\Program Files path used by the system ?

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