? Re-install Applications ??

[Dave of Newberg]

I have created a second partition on my primary C: drive.
I am currently using XP Professional SP-2.
Partition was created to install Vista Ultimate.
When I added partition to my primary drtive (C) it assigned drive letter
designatioin of J: as letters D E F G H I were assigned to DVD burners and
other hard drives both internal and USB
Vista will be installed to J: as noted.
Will programs already installed - Office 2007, Nero, Adobe, ITunes etc. need
to be installed to Vista partition or can I access them on my first (XP)
partition?

 

[Bob I]

You need to install the applications from within the operating system
that you intend to use them. What partition they are installed in is
usually not an issue.

 

[Big Al]

I have created a second partition on my primary C: drive.
I am currently using XP Professional SP-2.
Partition was created to install Vista Ultimate.
When I added partition to my primary drtive (C) it assigned drive letter
designatioin of J: as letters D E F G H I were assigned to DVD burners and
other hard drives both internal and USB
Vista will be installed to J: as noted.
Will programs already installed - Office 2007, Nero, Adobe, ITunes etc. need
to be installed to Vista partition or can I access them on my first (XP)
partition?

Some 'stand alone' programs just run from anywhere. Autoruns from
Sysinternals is one.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
But things like MS Word you can't. Its a crap shoot. But bank on 95%
of the programs needing a reload.
And reload in a different folder just in case the app records .ini files
with path settings in them.

 

[dadiOH]

I have created a second partition on my primary C: drive.
I am currently using XP Professional SP-2.
Partition was created to install Vista Ultimate.
When I added partition to my primary drtive (C) it assigned drive
letter designatioin of J: as letters D E F G H I were assigned to DVD
burners and other hard drives both internal and USB
Vista will be installed to J: as noted.
Will programs already installed - Office 2007, Nero, Adobe, ITunes
etc. need to be installed to Vista partition or can I access them on
my first (XP) partition?

That depends on the program....

Some will work NP

Some will work but you'll have to reconfigure them as they will be looking
for their registry info in a different registry.

Some will also want you to enter your registration/purchase key (if
applicable) for the new Vista registry.

Some will complain of a missing dll or ocx file...just copy the needed one
from old OS to new.

Some (few, IME) you'll need to install again.


I have a similar situation but with Win98 on C: and XP on L:. I have
several hundred programs on C:; I have found very few thus far that won't
work from L:. All the above assumes that Vista works like other OS. I have
no experience with it and most likely never will.

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[John Barnett MVP]

You will need to install the programs afresh onto the Windows Vista
partition and as most of the software will be on a 'one copy on one machine'
basis in order to prevent falling foul of the Ender User Licence Agreement
you will have to uninstall them from the XP partition - unless you have two
copies of each application with relevant licences, of course.

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[Colin Barnhorst]

It doesn't. Programs that write to some areas won't work in Vista because
those areas are now protected and output is virtualized to protect the
system. Such programs will need to be reinstalled in Vista for this to
work.