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Answer» Problem. Your question is not easy to understand, but if you are asking if apps installed on one computer can be transferred to another than No. They need to be reinstalled.Ye, you do understand! That is what I thought! But users keep trying to do it ... and there are sites that say you can do it. One company says they have a package that I can use one-time only and it COSTS me $20 for the one-time shot. Is that a scam? I am working on a wimpy effort to do it... but I know it will likely fail. Right now it is a wet, cold rainy afternoon... I've never heard of any app that can successfully transfer installed apps from one hd or system to another. Please post the link to this miracle "package" and let's take a look.I will find that later, I am on the other machine now. But here are two links that might be real. http://www.laplink.com/pcmover http://srge2.anovasoft.com/us/ As mentioned earlier, we don' mean a simple data transfer. That does not install the application on the target PC. We want a program that not only copies, but updates the registry and includes the DLL files.I've used Laplink (many years ago) and it's certainly a reputable, if expensive, PRODUCT. But the claimed ability to transfer installed programs is not something I've seen before. Still, they say they can do it..... I'd give them a call or send them an email and tell them exactly what you want to do and see what they say. Not sure there's any downside since you're moving to a new installation.It's not the Laplink program we remember. It's now the name of the company and PCmover is the name of the product. It appears to do exactly what you want.And predictibally...it works miserably. So if you feel the need to spend some cabbage for something that doesn't work well send it my way...Quote from: patio on December 11, 2009, 05:34:31 PM And predictibally...it works miserably. Are you saying you don't work well, Patio? Anyway, this can actually be done with some programs. Just copying the program's folder over to the other computer is sometimes enough, then create new shortcuts manually. Sometimes, it will additionally require exporting registry entries for that program from the first computer to the second as well, as there may be entries that tell the program what to do and what its settings are, and these are created when you actually install the program. I'm sure you're well aware of the dangers of tinkering with the registry, Geek, so you do that at your own risk. I have successfully moved programs and games this way before. It doesn't work with everything, as sometimes there are other required files that are stuck in weird places, but sometimes it does. Then again, if they came with the HP, they might not be licensed for use on any other system and may not work at all if you move them. But another thing about HPS, a lot of them come with a folder on the C: drive called SWSetup. This contains the installers for any bundled software that came with the laptop.I didn't know that about the HP. Thank you, quaxo for your post.Quote from: Geek-9pm on December 12, 2009, 08:54:21 AM I didn't know that about the HP. Well, don't thank me yet. I'm not sure that your particular model has that |
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