-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Partitioning
- From: Don <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:00:39 -0400
I read somewhere, I think written by Gman, that changing the default
program install folder to a different location would impact only
programs installed after the change and that the previously installed
programs would still work as normal. That was most likely in an XP
thread and not Vista so the change may be different there.
Your warning was probably there. And it was probably overlooked. Once
I saw the process to change it, the reckless maverick took over and
warnings be d%&*ed. I never realized that all the shortcuts to launch
previously installed programs used the variable %program files% instead
of the absolute reference to C:\program files\ . . . .
I tried editing the shortcut on one of them and it still balked. Thats
when I just copied over the folders.
Don
Gman wrote:
> The warning on this was included in a couple of my tutorials on the past,
> but it's easy to see how it could have been overlooked. My apologies if I
> didn't make it clear enough.
>
> Most of the items in the original Program Files folders will no longer be
> accessed, but there are exceptions and I never took the time it would take
> to document which ones are most likely to be affected. Since I normally
> make this kind of system-wide change immediately following the initial OS
> install, there are few files in the original location. I just leave them
> there. However, if you are making this kind of change after having used the
> OS for a while, your Program Files folders will likely contain a lot more
> data.
>
> Run the system for a few weeks and then compare dates. If a program appears
> to be only using the new location, make a Copy of the original and then
> delete the original, but not its copy. Reboot and see if the system balks.
> If it does, return the copy to the original location and assume you can
> never try that again. Move onto another original folder that appears to no
> longer be in use and try it with that one.
>
> For those apps that appear to run just fine without the original folders,
> keep the copies around for at least a month or two, just in case. Once you
> know that every function for that app works perfectly well without the
> original folder, feel free to delete its copy.
>
> Peace,
> Gman
>
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