Dual Boot Sys & Apps

[Roland A.]

For a dual boot Windows system, for Win2k and WinXP, is there any way to
avoid dual installations of apps? E.g., Adobe Acrobat Reader, is there a
way of avoiding having to install the reader for both systems so as to avoid
doubling the apps space on HD?

Thanks,

r.a.

 

[Gordon]

For a dual boot Windows system, for Win2k and WinXP, is there any way to
avoid dual installations of apps? E.g., Adobe Acrobat Reader, is there a
way of avoiding having to install the reader for both systems so as to
avoid
doubling the apps space on HD?

Thanks,

r.a.

No. You can share DATA but not apps......

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

For a dual boot Windows system, for Win2k and WinXP, is there any way to
avoid dual installations of apps? E.g., Adobe Acrobat Reader, is there a
way of avoiding having to install the reader for both systems so as to avoid
doubling the apps space on HD?

No, because of the many registry entries and other references to the
applications that have to exist within each copy of Windows.

 

[Bob I]

Installing the app on a common third partition would be one possible
method. You would still have to install from each OS but the main files
would be "shared".