migrating programs already in registry and residing on C: drive to

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I am up against a small problem. I was trying to defrag last night, and
realized I didn't have enough space on my C: drive to properly initiate the
defrag. I ended up having to remove programs from my C: drive to be able to
initiate the defrag (after, of course, deleting all unnecessary temp files
and the like). I had plenty of space left on my physical D: drive to have
been able to migrate resident programs from C: to D:, but I don't know if
this is possible. I know that the registry tells the computer that the
programs reside on the C: drive, but can someone tell me if it is possible to
migrate resident programs from C: to D: ?

WinXP Home system
 
TR said:
I am up against a small problem. I was trying to defrag last night, and
realized I didn't have enough space on my C: drive to properly initiate
the
defrag. I ended up having to remove programs from my C: drive to be able
to initiate the defrag (after, of course, deleting all unnecessary temp
files
and the like). I had plenty of space left on my physical D: drive to have
been able to migrate resident programs from C: to D:, but I don't know if
this is possible. I know that the registry tells the computer that the
programs reside on the C: drive, but can someone tell me if it is possible
to migrate resident programs from C: to D: ?

WinXP Home system
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No. You will need to uninstall and then reinstall the programs. During the
reinstallation, choose your D: drive. Please bear in mind that even though
the program files will be installed on D:, some files will be added to the
system drive (your C:). If you don't have a laptop and have a very small
hard drive, a better choice might be to replace the drive with a larger
one.

Malke
 
TR said:
I am up against a small problem. I was trying to defrag last night, and
realized I didn't have enough space on my C: drive to properly initiate the
defrag. I ended up having to remove programs from my C: drive to be able to
initiate the defrag (after, of course, deleting all unnecessary temp files
and the like). I had plenty of space left on my physical D: drive to have
been able to migrate resident programs from C: to D:, but I don't know if
this is possible. I know that the registry tells the computer that the
programs reside on the C: drive, but can someone tell me if it is possible to
migrate resident programs from C: to D: ?

WinXP Home system
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The only workable way to do this would be to uninstall the
applications, and then reinstall them to the D: drive. There is no
simple built-in "migration" method, although some 3rd party utilities
have arisen from time to time that claim the capability. Try Google.


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I will be purchasing a larger drive and ghosting my current C: drive to it in
the near future, but I wanted to be able to find a quick fix so that I could
go home after work today and migrate the programs.
Thank you for the reply!
 
TR said:
I am up against a small problem. I was trying to defrag last night,
and realized I didn't have enough space on my C: drive to properly
initiate the defrag. I ended up having to remove programs from my C:
drive to be able to initiate the defrag (after, of course, deleting
all unnecessary temp files and the like). I had plenty of space left
on my physical D: drive to have been able to migrate resident
programs from C: to D:, but I don't know if this is possible. I know
that the registry tells the computer that the programs reside on the
C: drive, but can someone tell me if it is possible to migrate
resident programs from C: to D: ?
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There are programs that purport to do this. One such program is COA2.exe.
I've used it and had less than 100% success with it. It got most of the
entries, but for a couple of programs it missed a few.

The *best* way, and the only reliable way, to do this is to uninstall the
programs, then reinstall them where you want them.
 
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