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In news:7%MTe.19347$vN.612696@news20.bellglobal.com,
frankg <sorry@stoppingspam.com> replied with a ;-)
>> I should have added that I changed the drive from fat to ntfs during
>> the upgrade/install.
>> The programs are all still in the Programs folder on the drive.
>> Is there a way of 'cheating' the transfer wizard that it's an old -
>> to - new computer transfer? Or do I have to re-install all the
>> programs? Please say i dont have to...............................
>>
>>
>>> I've installed XP pro over (overwritten) another version of XP and
>>> updated to SP2. But the problem is that all the programs that were
>>> installed under the previous windows xp are not in the startup list
>>> (msconfig) and nor are they in the Add/Remove programs list (control
>>> panel). I also lost my Favorites etc. How can I recover these.
> ==================================================
>
> problem was that at one point it told me that data files and programs
> would not be affected.
>
> so i have to re-install everything. hopefully i can still get to the
> data that is associated with the program e.g Quicken
>
> but how do i uninstall the 'old' programs - they dont appear in the
> add/remove list and they dont have their own uninstaller
It may have said that in a window that gave the options to choose, but you
didn't choose that option. When you select the option to reinstall, it tells
you all data in My documents will be lost and you will need to reinstall you
programs.
Program Files folder will be intact, and all other non-Windows folders will
be available, but you will need to reinstall applications that write to the
registry.
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