How to transfer programs to a new pc

[nancerc]

I have a new laptop but want all of the programs and applications that i have on my old laptop. How can I transfer everything from the old to the new pc? I am using Windows 7 on both.

 

[mactronix]

Click on the start button. In the search box at the bottom type on transfer and see what comes up
I must admit to never using it myself so maybe some searching on how good it is may be in order.

Mactronix

 

[Hawkeye22]

Windows easy tranfer wizard.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/windows-easy-transfer

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-use-easy-transfer-in-windows-7.html

 

[Flying-Q]

I have a new laptop but want all of the programs and applications that i have on my old laptop. How can I transfer everything from the old to the new pc? I am using Windows 7 on both.

The posts above refer to transferring your personal files. Due to licensing softarew publishers make youl have to freshly install your applications on the new laptop. After all you will own 2 laptops and you will need 1 license for each installation of any program. If the software and applications you use on one machine are compatible with the OS on the new machine you can transfer your files and then 'officially' uninstall your software from the old one and install it on the new one using only the one license. Obviously this is only needed for licensed software. Anything freeware will simply need to be installed on the new machine.

Any standalone .exe applications you have can simply be included in the transfer and then run on the new machine, as long as they are compatible with the new OS.

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