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Deleating Program File Directory
I have a single drive split into C and D. Windows XP is on D along
with the Program Files directory. I am out of room on D drive and just want to keep windows on that partition and everything else on C. I copied the Program Files directory to C but windows will not let me delete the original Program Files directory on D. How can I do this without reformatting and starting everything all over again? The drive is formatted in NTSF. Thank You |
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Deleating Program File Directory
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How do you mean that you 'copied' the Program Files folder from one drive to another? Doing that will mean that those programs won't work properly as they will depend on references in the Registry. -- Will Denny MS-MVP Windows Shell/User Please reply to the News Groups "Gary Davis" wrote in message ... I have a single drive split into C and D. Windows XP is on D along with the Program Files directory. I am out of room on D drive and just want to keep windows on that partition and everything else on C. I copied the Program Files directory to C but windows will not let me delete the original Program Files directory on D. How can I do this without reformatting and starting everything all over again? The drive is formatted in NTSF. Thank You |
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Deleating Program File Directory
Hi Gary,
Uninstall the software, then reinstall using "custom" and direct to drive C. This is the only safe way to move it. As Will has pointed out, the software depends on registry pointers that are looking for the original installation location, you can't simply move it elsewhere. As to the Program Files folder that is housed on the installation partition, just leave it there empty, it is considered a system folder and is not deletable. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Gary Davis" wrote in message ... I have a single drive split into C and D. Windows XP is on D along with the Program Files directory. I am out of room on D drive and just want to keep windows on that partition and everything else on C. I copied the Program Files directory to C but windows will not let me delete the original Program Files directory on D. How can I do this without reformatting and starting everything all over again? The drive is formatted in NTSF. Thank You |
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