Regedit for installing the same program twice?

[David Lewis]

I wish to install two instances of the same program on different
physical drives but within the one instance of XP Pro. The idea is
that Each program would act independently of one another and with a
view to accessing different data.

Problem : The installer simply overwrites or uninstalls any existing program
and therefore it can't be done.

I am wondering on a workaround solution : If the Same program is say loaded
into separate User
Accounts I could use fast user switching to go between independent programs
when required.I
imagine the second installation would install into the separate local
username's registry/account folder and would simply overwrite entries in the
all users' registry /account / folder.But is there any way then to disable
the latter with a Regedit or something?


Thanks for any help.

 

[Mike Mulligan]

Software can only be installed once. You can install a second copy of XP and
install the software there, if you really want to. But you may find it
easier to work with templates.

Mike Mulligan

 

[David Lewis]

Software can only be installed once.
You can install a second copy of
XP and install the software there, if you really want to. But you may
find it easier to work with templates.

Mike,
Thanks for reply.
I thought of dual booting but seems like too much trouble for what I want it
for. What do you mean by "working with templates"?