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Christopher
December 6th 03, 08:49 AM
i have installed my programs on win me, then i install win
xp on my other partition. is there any way to run my
applications installed on win me (such as office) to run
in win xp?

please help

Shiva
December 6th 03, 08:49 AM
No. You have to install the applications on each OS.

"Christopher" > wrote in message
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i have installed my programs on win me, then i install win
xp on my other partition. is there any way to run my
applications installed on win me (such as office) to run
in win xp?

please help

Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers
December 6th 03, 08:49 AM
Hi Christopher,

You need to reinstall those programs while running WinXP. Just use =
custom install and choose the same program folder to install to as the =
already are.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - =
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone -
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Christopher" > wrote in message =
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> i have installed my programs on win me, then i install win
> xp on my other partition. is there any way to run my
> applications installed on win me (such as office) to run
> in win xp?
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> please help

sqr
December 6th 03, 08:50 AM
You can point to the system files which are in the ME windows dir in the XP
system variables menu.

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"Christopher" > wrote in message
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> i have installed my programs on win me, then i install win
> xp on my other partition. is there any way to run my
> applications installed on win me (such as office) to run
> in win xp?
>
> please help

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