How to move Unreal Engine (source version) to another drive/directory?

My UE4 is stored in M: root dir.
I bought a new drive and I can now store it in C: root dir.
How could I do it?
Copy paste from M: to C:?
Then what about the visual studio project that’s linked to the M:?
Has anybody done this already and can help me with sorting out the problems that will almost definitely arise?
Thanks.
If nobody I’ll update this thread with my findings, hopefully I don’t waste a day on this.

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Ok, after I copied from M: to C: I had to go to C:\Epic Games\ue4_version\UnrealEngine\Engine\Binaries\Win64 and double click and run “UnrealVersionSelector-Win64-Shipping.exe” as administrator. This basically registers this location as the UE4 version installation directory.
Afterwards go to your ue4 project folder, right click on the myProject.uproject → switch unreal engine version… → point to your new ue4 version .exe, let it do its thing.
It should be perfectly fine now.
I’m noting that I did this for a source ue4 engine version but it should be the same regardless. However, if you then open your myUe4Project/myue4Project.sln in visual studio it will have to rebuild so more waiting for you.
But afterwards everything should be back to normal.

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