Guest John Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 How do I move a program from My Documents to Program files? Thanks John
Guest Uncle Grumpy Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 Re: Moving program On Oct 7, 4:36 pm, John <J...@falseaddress.com> wrote: > How do I move a program from My Documents to Program files? You can't. That option isn't available to morons who don't provide proper information.
Guest Shenan Stanley Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 Re: Moving program John wrote: > How do I move a program from My Documents to Program files? .... and know it will still function? Uninstall it. Install it again from the proper media - being sure to specify where you would like it to install to. I only say this because - without knowing the program in question - one cannot tell you what registry entries this program might have, what registered DLLs, etc. Just moving the folder most likely would not accomplish what it is you are truly attempting. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Guest John Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 Re: Moving program From Help: Dragging a program to a new location creates a shortcut to that program. To move a program, right-click and then drag the program to the new location. You must be logged on as an administrator to move a program. Is Cut and paste safe??
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 Re: Moving program Uncle Grumpy <pauld1943@hotmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 7, 4:36 pm, John <J...@falseaddress.com> wrote: > >> How do I move a program from My Documents to Program files? > > You can't. That option isn't available to morons who don't provide > proper information. Don't be rude. If you can't play nicely with the other kids, go back in the classroom and clean the chalkboards.
Guest Elmo Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 Re: Moving program John wrote: > From Help: > Dragging a program to a new location creates a shortcut to that program. > To move a program, right-click and then drag the program to the new > location. You must be logged on as an administrator to move a program. > > Is Cut and paste safe?? I prefer Copy/Paste, then return and delete the original copy. This helps prevent a loss of a file if there's a problem during the transfer. Of course, as previously mentioned, this won't work if the program was installed and has registry entries, dll's associated with it, etc. -- Joe =o)
Guest Daniel Schaffer Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 Re: Moving program "John" <John@falseaddress.com> wrote in message news:4709516d$1@clear.net.nz... > How do I move a program from My Documents to Program files? > Thanks > John John, You can't move programs around the way you can move data files, or at least not if you want the programs to work. That's why there's a place in Control Panel for Deleting or Adding Programs. If you delete the program from Add or Delete programs, the computer will delete registry entries which you can't see, but which are important. Then you can reinstall the program. It will probably say that it's installing itself in the Program Files folder. That's fine. Or you can choose another place to install it to, by pressing the "Browse" button. Keeping all your program files in one folder is probably the best solution. Good luck, Dan S
Guest DL Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 Re: Moving program And what Help would that be?; it certainly wouldnt be windows help Only the very simplest Programs can be moved in this way & certainly none that write changes to the registry for locations "John" <John@falseaddress.com> wrote in message news:4709525c@clear.net.nz... > From Help: > Dragging a program to a new location creates a shortcut to that program. > To move a program, right-click and then drag the program to the new > location. You must be logged on as an administrator to move a program. > > Is Cut and paste safe??
Guest John Posted October 8, 2007 Posted October 8, 2007 Re: Moving program DL wrote: > And what Help would that be?; it certainly wouldnt be windows help > > Only the very simplest Programs can be moved in this way & certainly none > that write changes to the registry for locations > > "John" <John@falseaddress.com> wrote in message > news:4709525c@clear.net.nz... >> From Help: >> Dragging a program to a new location creates a shortcut to that program. >> To move a program, right-click and then drag the program to the new >> location. You must be logged on as an administrator to move a program. >> >> Is Cut and paste safe?? > > That is what it says in "Compaq Windows XP Home Edition" Help and Support Center ... on side Bar. I downloaded "Process Explorer" and perhaps I wasn't taking care, but it went into "my Documents". I see it isn't in add/remove programs [Process Explorer Copyright © 1996-2007 Mark Russinovich Sysinternals - http://www.sysinternals.com Process Explorer does not require administrative privileges to run and works on Windows 9x/Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, ...]
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted October 8, 2007 Posted October 8, 2007 Re: Moving program On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:40:41 +1300, John <John@falseaddress.com> wrote: > From Help: > Dragging a program to a new location creates a shortcut to that program. > To move a program, right-click and then drag the program to the new > location. You must be logged on as an administrator to move a program. However, with very rare exceptions, moving a program from one place to another will cause it to no longer work. The reason is that all installed programs except a very occasional small self-contained one, have many references and pointers to where it's located, primarily in the registry , but sometimes elsewhere too. If you move it, all those references will be wrong, and it will no longer work. There are some third-party programs that purport to seek out and change all those references, but in my experience, even the best of these work only some of the time. The only reliable way to do this is to uninstall and reinstall the program where you want it. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest WaIIy Posted October 8, 2007 Posted October 8, 2007 Re: Moving program On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:21:50 +1300, John <John@falseaddress.com> wrote: >I downloaded "Process Explorer" and perhaps I wasn't taking care, but it >went into "my Documents". >I see it isn't in add/remove programs It ended up in My Documents because you weren't paying attention to where you unzipped it to. Process Explorer is a stand alone program and runs from procexp.exe wherever that might be located. It wouldn't be in the add\remove programs, since it really isn't "installed".
Guest WaIIy Posted October 8, 2007 Posted October 8, 2007 Re: Moving program On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:21:50 +1300, John <John@falseaddress.com> wrote: >DL wrote: >> And what Help would that be?; it certainly wouldnt be windows help >> >> Only the very simplest Programs can be moved in this way & certainly none >> that write changes to the registry for locations >> >> "John" <John@falseaddress.com> wrote in message >> news:4709525c@clear.net.nz... >>> From Help: >>> Dragging a program to a new location creates a shortcut to that program. >>> To move a program, right-click and then drag the program to the new >>> location. You must be logged on as an administrator to move a program. >>> >>> Is Cut and paste safe?? >> >> >That is what it says in "Compaq Windows XP Home Edition" Help and >Support Center ... on side Bar. > >I downloaded "Process Explorer" and perhaps I wasn't taking care, but it >went into "my Documents". >I see it isn't in add/remove programs > >[Process Explorer >Copyright © 1996-2007 Mark Russinovich >Sysinternals - http://www.sysinternals.com > > >Process Explorer does not require administrative privileges to run and >works on Windows 9x/Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, ...] Ps Process Explorer is special because it is stand alone. If you try to move 99.99999% of installed programs by just dragging it somewhere, that falls under the subject of "Very Bad Ideas". Do this - Create a folder under Program Files called ProcessExplorer. Move procexp.exe into that folder. Move procexp.chp (the help file) into that folder. Make a shortcut to C:\Program Files\ProcessExplorer\procexp.exe Done and you're happy.
Guest WaIIy Posted October 8, 2007 Posted October 8, 2007 Re: Moving program On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:21:50 +1300, John <John@falseaddress.com> wrote: >>> Dragging a program to a new location creates a shortcut to that program. >>> To move a program, right-click and then drag the program to the new >That is what it says in "Compaq Windows XP Home Edition" Help and >Support Center ... on side Bar. Pss - If that's the exact quote, you had better quit using that help file. Whoever wrote that must have been - A- High B- Stupid C- Mixed up that day D- In the second grade E- Working for Apple F-Mad at Compaq G-Forgot to take his medication that day
Guest John Posted October 8, 2007 Posted October 8, 2007 Re: Moving program The full quote is : To move files by dragging Open Windows Explorer. Find the file or folder you want to move. Make sure the destination for the file or folder you want to move is visible. For example, if you are moving a file from the My Documents folder to the desktop, you might need to resize Windows Explorer so the desktop is visible. Drag the file or folder to the destination. Notes To open Windows Explorer, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Windows Explorer. If you drag an item while pressing the right mouse button, you can move, copy, or create a shortcut to the file in its new location. To copy the item instead of moving it, press and hold down CTRL while dragging. If you drag an item to another disk, it is copied, not moved. To move the item, press and hold down SHIFT while dragging. Dragging a program to a new location creates a shortcut to that program. To move a program, right-click and then drag the program to the new location. You must be logged on as an administrator to move a program. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ One of the reasons I asked the question was there used to be a file moving facility in Windows 95... (I think) I thought, perhaps it could move a program.
Guest WaIIy Posted October 8, 2007 Posted October 8, 2007 Re: Moving program On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:18:50 +1300, John <John@falseaddress.com> wrote: >Dragging a program to a new location creates a shortcut to that program. >To move a program, right-click and then drag the program to the new >location. You must be logged on as an administrator to move a program. >@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ They should perhaps warn of the peril involved in trying to move a program. >One of the reasons I asked the question was there used to be a file >moving facility in Windows 95... (I think) I thought, perhaps it could >move a program. Win95 and XP aren't any different in the program moving department. Good question though, it would be nice if you could.
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