Are you referring to program files or data files? Many programs install
files into Windows folders, and in the event that Windows has to be
re-installed, so will any apps that have lost contact with installation
files integrated into Windows.
What did you think that I meant?
"XS11E" <xs11e@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@mvps.org> wrote:
>
>> Programs integrate with the OS so there is no value in installing
>> them on a different drive or partition,
>
> Wrong, wrong, WRONG!
>
> I dual boot, Windows XP is on drive C: of course, Vista on drive D: and
> all my files for Quicken, Xnews, Pegasus Mail and Outlook are on drive
> E: resulting in syncronization regardless of which OS I boot into.
>
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MS MVP Windows Shell/User
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