"Re-activating" Programs after an upgrade.

[Rhodes]

I recently upgraded my PC with an SSD and installed Windows 10 onto it. I still have my old HDD attached with all my old windows files, etc. I was wondering if there is a way to basically re-activate my programs that were installed on my old HDD. I would like to be able to manage them in my control panel. Thank you.

 

[USAFRet]

No, you need to reinstall them.
When an application is installed, it makes many entries in the Registry and elsewhere. Sometimes thousands of them.
You can't recreate this, apart from the actual install routine.

 

[Rhodes]

No, you need to reinstall them.
When an application is installed, it makes many entries in the Registry and elsewhere. Sometimes thousands of them.
You can't recreate this, apart from the actual install routine.

Okay, thank you.