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re: Transferring Program Files to Vista Friday, November 10, 2006 at 7:43 pm Posted by 666 (2253 messages posted) Yep, you're supposed to reinstall them all. There are three reasons for that: 1) Many programs drop stuff in your \windows(\system32) folder in addition to the programs folder 2) Most programs put entries in your registry 3) Many programs that work OK on XP won't work on Vista so you'll need to update/change/dump them. ______________ make xp behave [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Transferring Program Files to Vista Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 8:40 pm Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE (6729 messages posted) MS purchased the company that sold application moving program "Aloha Bob PC Relocator" and has plans to offer an updated version of it as a renamed MS utility. This utility will be available for download sometime around the official launch date of Vista, and will be available as a Windows Genuine Advantage "perk." The idea is to allow XP users to move their programs as well as their data. The File and Settings Transfer wizard in XP only moves files and settings, and is a bit clumsy. The new utility is expected to be much more capable. But as 666 posted, not every app will make the move to Vista willingly. I'm sure some will have to be reinstalled the old fashioned way. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Transferring Program Files to Vista Friday, November 17, 2006 at 4:17 am Posted by Brock Jones (177 messages posted) This could be huge to MS. I hope they realize it is becoming an ever increasing problem as people find more and more to do with their computers and the program file builds up. I know I have no eagerness to stand in line for Vista given the arduous task of rebuilding my program file. Good news, Dan. I will definetely wait for this one. - Brock P.S. I agree the program they offer for transferring is pretty lame. On Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 8:40 pm, Dan Sarandrea, MCSE wrote: >MS purchased the company that sold application moving program "Aloha Bob PC Relocator" >and has plans to offer an updated version of it as a renamed MS utility. This utility >will be available for download sometime around the official launch date of Vista, >and will be available as a Windows Genuine Advantage "perk." > >The idea is to allow XP users to move their programs as well as their data. The >File and Settings Transfer wizard in XP only moves files and settings, and is a bit >clumsy. The new utility is expected to be much more capable. > >But as 666 posted, not every app will make the move to Vista willingly. I'm sure >some will have to be reinstalled the old fashioned way. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Transferring Program Files to Vista Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 5:27 pm Posted by HTAT (2 messages posted) Moving the program files won't work. HTAT, Hardware Tips and Tricks [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum