"Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@mvps.org> wrote:
> Are you referring to program files or data files?
Yes to both.
My entire Xnews install is on the common drive (drive D
along with Aspell, Aspell dictionary and MimeProxy. Pegasus and
Outlook are installed on both the OS drives and the mailboxs are on
drive D:
> 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.
Yes but if any program requires installing or re-installing, I can
point it to the data files, if it doesn't need to be installed I can
just create a shortcut in the Windows quick launch bar so it's not a
black and white situation, it depends on how much the installer messes
with the registry and what .dlls it installs. I have one very much
needed program that uses a 16 bit installer, apparently the
installation isn't needed bacause I just copied the entier directory
from Windows XP Program Files, dropped into Program Files (x86) in
Vista 64 and it works! That's a candidate to be moved to the D: drive
and run from a shortcut in Windows when I get around to it.... It's
another that needs syncronization between the two OSs and moving it
will accomplish that.
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