-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Partitioning
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:41:09 -0400
Heh heh
That'll learn ya!
I always Copy the entire Program Files folder over to the new location
before making the change in the registry. That way, I know I'm covered
regardless of which location it chooses to use for any of the files. Later
on, I can dig in and see which dates are older and play with the suggestion
I just gave you for removing them.
Peace,
Gman
http://www.thevenusproject.com/index.php
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 10:00 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Partitioning
>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
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