Re: How do I move programs from old machine to new
- From: Ron Martell <ron.martell@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 03:21:41 GMT
"Rick Christenson" <RickChristenson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I?m back next day, I have old programs that I got to work-run on old XP
>machine, these programs are on 3.5" floppies and the install disk have
>crashed & died with age, but programs are still up and running on old system.
>So I cant reinstall, need to find a way to move programs to new machine
>before old machine dies also. Not trying to be stubborn, but stuck and
>looking for a fix for this situation
>
If they are that old then it is possible that they may in fact be 16
bit Windows 3.x programs that do not use registry entries, or very
simple Windows 9x apps that can be run without them.
Try just copying the program folder and files from the old drive to
the new drive, after installing the old drive temporarily as a second
hard drive in the new computer. Then use Windows Explorer to locate
the executable file for the program and double-click on it to launch
it. If there is a problem then the content of the error message(s)
produced should help to determine what else is needed.
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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