Does anyone know of a freeware application which will relocate an
installed application to a new location/directory on the same machine
taking care of all registry and ini files?
Does anyone know of a freeware application which will relocate an
installed application to a new location/directory on the same machine
taking care of all registry and ini files?
MoveIt :Does anyone know of a freeware application which will relocate an
installed application to a new location/directory on the same machine
taking care of all registry and ini files?
Intelligent Mover, at the same URL.=========================================================
Hmmmm ... your bad! No such program from that URL provided.
Not bad, just typo. The name of the app is Intelligent Copier--not
a couple of apps and see I meant Intelligent Copier. URL is the same:No, not bad, just a typo. Anyone should have been able to scroll down
vsj said:a couple of apps and see I meant Intelligent Copier. URL is the same:
http://www.webattack.com/freeware/system/fwfilemanagement.shtml.
must make the physical change for locations of the program folder.
Further...
CoA is sometimes not even close in making all necessary changes, sometimes
leaving residue entries in the registry that are invalid.
Except for the commercial MagicMover component of PQMagic (retail),
and the freeware AppMover ... there seems to be no other which does the
job in one single swell-foop, moving and registry changes.
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Do a Google search for the freeware AppMover32.
It does precisely what you describe.
Do a Google search for the freeware AppMover32.
It does precisely what you describe.
MoveIt :
"Having a lot of programs on your hard drive is a usual thing today, but
someday such users certainly will face such problem as moving registered
program from one place to another. It is a problem, because almost every
program stores some data into registry (such as used file paths, for
example), and you can't just move program folder from where it is to
another location, because in 90% cases application will not run correctly
anymore.
So was before. Today MoveIT! will help you to solve this problem.
Windows9x, NT, 2000 compatible
Compiled under Windows2000 platform
Tested and optimized for Windows2000"
http://www.alwaysfreeware.co.uk/fmanagers.html
http://www.alwaysfreeware.co.uk/download/mvit11.zip
Regards
Wayne D
chocker said:Downloaded MoveIt from the specified address and have run it several
times.
It seems to go through the process, but acheives nothing in the end.
ie the original program stays where it was and is not relocated.
(OS=XP)
The developers home page http://tabyret.cjb.net is not responding.
Agree with other posters to this thread,
Funducs Application Mover is the benchmark and by far the best of
those I have tried which includes COA (doesn't do the whole job) and
Magic Mover (slow and weighs a ton) plus also SmartMove which is also
shareware.
Looks like I will have to pay up for Application Mover.
Thanks to all those who responded.
Seek
I see that your OS is Windows XP.
There is an alternative for Windows 2000 and Windows XP and above.
If your file system is NTFS, you could make use of junction points
(which is a new feature in NTFS 5.0).
Junction points allow you to link a directory to another empty directory
anywhere in your file space.
You could move the contents of a folder into another folder (e.g. on
another partition) and link the original, now empty folder to the new
folder. Junction points are transparent to programs.
To create and manage junction points, you could use :
Junction Link Magic : http://www.rekenwonder.com/linkmagic.htm
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Well ... I see where your error was. You misinterpreted the
originator's desire.
He was looking for a Mover program, but which would ALSO take care
of any and
all registry data changes. Your suggested IC does not meet that
criteria, but is
merely a mover program for certain extensions. Sooooo, it wasn't
just only your typo
... you quoted a wrong program, but also missed the entire premise
asked for.
Pay better attention in future instead of posting quick and snide
remarks. ----------------------------------------
FYI, my reply was directed to OP, not you, in an attempt to aid in
his quest. My snide remark was made to you in reply to your unasked-
for opinion of calling me bad and critiquing my posts. Lord, you may
call yourself, but God you are not.
seek said:Thanks, probably not quite what I was after because I think I would
still need to leave the original folder (albeit empty) in place.
The main reason I want to be able to move applications is to "tidy up"
my drive and locate like programs under a common overall directory.
For example I have a Power DVD folder and a DVD2SVCD folder.
I'd like to pull them together as sub folders under an overall DVD
folder.
I then want to delete the original folders to clean up the drive.
The main reason I want to be able to move applications is to "tidy up"
my drive and locate like programs under a common overall directory.
For example I have a Power DVD folder and a DVD2SVCD folder.
I'd like to pull them together as sub folders under an overall DVD
folder.
I then want to delete the original folders to clean up the drive.