Whenever I tried changing directories it would work well for a small time and then I'd get errors like can't find program or google isn't their.
then you do it wrong
i never had any issues of that kind... i set up my path when i install games or softwares and never change them (working for stand alones games/steam or any other like it) and i did that since my 1st win 7 installation and it survived many "dirty swap" reinstall and HDD cloning ... (aka: ~ more than 4yrs ) for Armored Warfare i even relocated the game folder by hand without reinstalling and then specified the new path in the launcher... and it worked right at 1st try.
(that remind me that i have to change the download folder location on the main rig ... and probably swap the 1tb media hdd for a 3tb ... )
"google isn't there" : ???? you mean ????
Did I say it increased FPS? No.
you wrote(said)
it makes GTA V run a lot faster.
which is ... not ... the case "load" faster maybe (but still not by a amount you would notice ... hence the "placebo effect" ).
ps: answer to the question
@JBG123 what HDD you have?
and tested today ... GTA V (using a STEAM account from a friend) on a 7.2k hdd or on the SSD
SSD ( OCZ Vertex III did not test on the Blaze): 27 seconds
HDD ( Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB ): 49 seconds
wow 22 secondes ... that's ... an eternity indeed when you wait on a loading screen (or not ... GTA V isn't exactly ... good) well an eternity if you are more "stuck on the loading screen than actually in the game" and if that's the case, either the game is not good at all or you die/reload save too much
(semi joke)
OS on SSD is the norme if you only have SSD HDD couple (altho if you have trouble to set up path and folder on 2 drives .... don't do like i do with 2 SSD 2 HDD and at last 6 custom path set up )
on my Alpha i have only 1 8gb/1tb SSHD (the 2 other are external and only for media ) altho that screenshot is not to show that but rather the option in win 10 (although you didn't mentioned which version you use atm ) i never used that ... even on the main rig ... i noticed that today while seartching storage option on win 10