Moving Programs between C and D drives in XP

[Ray]

I must be having a mental block. How does one move
programs (graphics) between Hard Drives? And is this a
smart thing to do. I think it is pretty simple, but I
just can not remember. Help?

 

[Ron]

Hmm. Ray, do you mean you are trying to move graphics programs? Or
graphics as in picture files of some sort? If programs, you can't, really.
Oh sure you can copy/move 99% of the data...but you'd have to find and alter
every single path reference to reflect the new location. And even then, it
is HIGHLY unlikely that it would work, because XP would lose track of it due
to Registry entries that exist all over the place.

Believe me, it's easier and less of a headache to simply re-install onto the
desired drive. You can save the [created] data from the "old" drive
*first*, then uninstall the program and re-install it onto the "new" drive.
Then copy back the stuff you saved before you delete all trace on the "old"
drive.

Ron