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please help: can't transfer programs
I’d be very grateful for some advice.
A few years ago, I was given a computer running Windows 98SE. It already had some programs on it, such as Word and Photoshop 6, but I wasn’t given any of the discs for these programs. I used this computer for years, but finally decided to upgrade to XP, so I recently got another computer, second-hand, through a newspaper ad. I thought it would be easy to get my programs onto this other computer, but I’m having problems. I tried doing it by copying all the folders with these programs in them to the second hard drive, then putting this drive into the other computer (it had no problem finding this new drive, BTW). I then tried going into each folder and just clicking on the program’s icon (the ‘W’ icon in Word and the eye icon in Photoshop). This always worked in the past. But with Photoshop I got the message “application has failed to start because AGM.dll was not found”, then with Word I got the message “application has failed to start because MS09.dll was not found”. I've a feeling I'll get this sort of problem with all the other programs I want to transfer to this computer. As I’m sure you can guess, I’ve no idea what I’m doing. Can anyone tell me a way of getting these programs onto this computer? Thanks in advance. |
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please help: can't transfer programs
You cannot copy Programs, you need the installation cd's
(Reason installing a program writes entries in various places including the win registry, which you cannot replicate by copying) It can also be the case that a program that runs on Win9* may not run on WinXP You can copy / transfer data files "alan" wrote in message ... I’d be very grateful for some advice. A few years ago, I was given a computer running Windows 98SE. It already had some programs on it, such as Word and Photoshop 6, but I wasn’t given any of the discs for these programs. I used this computer for years, but finally decided to upgrade to XP, so I recently got another computer, second-hand, through a newspaper ad. I thought it would be easy to get my programs onto this other computer, but I’m having problems. I tried doing it by copying all the folders with these programs in them to the second hard drive, then putting this drive into the other computer (it had no problem finding this new drive, BTW). I then tried going into each folder and just clicking on the program’s icon (the ‘W’ icon in Word and the eye icon in Photoshop). This always worked in the past. But with Photoshop I got the message “application has failed to start because AGM.dll was not found”, then with Word I got the message “application has failed to start because MS09.dll was not found”. I've a feeling I'll get this sort of problem with all the other programs I want to transfer to this computer. As I’m sure you can guess, I’ve no idea what I’m doing. Can anyone tell me a way of getting these programs onto this computer? Thanks in advance. |
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please help: can't transfer programs
alan wrote:
I’d be very grateful for some advice. A few years ago, I was given a computer running Windows 98SE. It already had some programs on it, such as Word and Photoshop 6, but I wasn’t given any of the discs for these programs. I used this computer for years, but finally decided to upgrade to XP, so I recently got another computer, second-hand, through a newspaper ad. I thought it would be easy to get my programs onto this other computer, but I’m having problems. I tried doing it by copying all the folders with these programs in them to the second hard drive, then putting this drive into the other computer (it had no problem finding this new drive, BTW). I then tried going into each folder and just clicking on the program’s icon (the ‘W’ icon in Word and the eye icon in Photoshop). This always worked in the past. But with Photoshop I got the message “application has failed to start because AGM.dll was not found”, then with Word I got the message “application has failed to start because MS09.dll was not found”. I've a feeling I'll get this sort of problem with all the other programs I want to transfer to this computer. As I’m sure you can guess, I’ve no idea what I’m doing. Can anyone tell me a way of getting these programs onto this computer? Thanks in advance. If you did not get the installation media and/or the product licenses - you probably have just been using pirated copies of the software anyway. I say this because anyone willing to 'give' such a computer away - would/should have given up the installation media/product keys/etc for the software they were presenting you as well. In any case - no, you cannot just move these programs - particularly in the manner you are attempting to do. From one computer running a much older OS to a newer OS computer without the installation media. Not to mention - it is *way*past the point of upgrade time for all of that. - Paint .NET (freeware) should be more than equivalent to Photoshop 6.0. - Microsoft Word - what version? Maybe OpenOffice will suite your needs. What other programs? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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