SOFTWARE

[Kathee]

I UPGRADED TO WINDOWS XP AND CONVERTED FROM FAT TO NTFS.
DO I HAVE TO RELOAD ALL OF MY SOFTWARE? I CAN SEE THE
PROGRAMS ON MY HARD DRIVE BUT CANNOT ACCESS THEM.

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Kathee;
In that case yes, you need to reinstall the applications.

Also, please do not use ALL CAPS in newsgroups.
ALL CAPS is considered shouting and rude.

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"Kathee" > wrote in message
...
> I UPGRADED TO WINDOWS XP AND CONVERTED FROM FAT TO NTFS.
> DO I HAVE TO RELOAD ALL OF MY SOFTWARE? I CAN SEE THE
> PROGRAMS ON MY HARD DRIVE BUT CANNOT ACCESS THEM.

[R. C. White]

Hi, Kathee.

As Jupiter said, you will need to reinstall your programs. But, it's not
because you converted from FAT to NTFS. It's because you upgraded from ??
(Win9x/ME?) to WinXP. The program needs to write its information into the
WinXP Registry.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP

"Kathee" > wrote in message
...
> I UPGRADED TO WINDOWS XP AND CONVERTED FROM FAT TO NTFS.
> DO I HAVE TO RELOAD ALL OF MY SOFTWARE? I CAN SEE THE
> PROGRAMS ON MY HARD DRIVE BUT CANNOT ACCESS THEM.