Re: moving software
- From: "DL" <dl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:57:04 -0000
:)
"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23OVDD1PGGHA.1088@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Is there anything from Symantec that doesn't?
>
> For the OP:
>
> The only safe and reliable way to move the program folders is to uninstall
> the software, then reinstall it using the custom options and choose a
folder
> on the new drive. Every other manner of doing it carries with it a risk of
> corruption of the program.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "DL" <dl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OBVAgePGGHA.376@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Interesting link.
> > I assumed that when Symantec? removed their Application Mover from one
of
> > their apps it was because of major problems caused
> >
> > "Rock" <rock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:uUw0YFPGGHA.1032@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Robert Calvary wrote:
> >>
> >> > I just added an extra harddrive and I want to move many of the
programs
> > to
> >> > that drive to free up the main one so it will run better and faster.
I
> > know
> >> > that moving the program creats problem because the programs come up
> >> > with
> >> > messages saying it couldn't find a specific file in a specific
> >> > location.
> > Can
> >> > the files be moved in a better way without creating this issue and
> > without
> >> > having to uninstall and reinstall.
> >> >
> >> > Here is an example...tonight I installed Microsoft Works but named
the
> > wrong
> >> > drive..oops...so I copied it and pasted it in the right place and
> > deleted the
> >> > original...then I fixed the shortcuts so that it would lead to the
> > program.
> >> > The shortcuts worked fine and so did the program but when I tried to
do
> >> > something on the program that accessed a file....it gave the first
> >> > drive
> >> > designation as what it wanted to load. This problem also occurs when
> >> > you
> > try
> >> > to put things into folders.
> >> > Please help and thanks
> >>
> >> I would like to add, though, that MVP Michael Stevens had posted that
he
> >> has had 100% success with a program called Application Mover.
> >> http://majorgeeks.com/download526.html
> >>
> >> Here is the thread that has that posting:
> >>
> >
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_thread/thread/de8946e616767816/3d3a310706ebb48b?lnk=st&q=group%3Amicrosoft.public.windowsxp.general+author%3Agerry+author%3Acornell&rnum=3&hl=en#3d3a310706ebb48b
> >>
> >> --
> >> Rock
> >> MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
.
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