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| Move your Programs from C to any Drive: Intelligent Computing |
Greet to my
readers, in last post we discussed about how to optimize your Laptop to getalmost 140% backup. Before starting this post let me make you in situation
where you’re Games, heavy working programs have took all the space of your
primary drive like C and all your drives have lots of space. This will
defiantly reduce your PC’s performance, you are left with two options, either
you need to clear up the heavy programs, or you can extend the C drive space
from other drive or say free space.
Another situation is you are having lots of programs, you don’t have their setup right now and you need to re-install Windows.
Another situation is you are having lots of programs, you don’t have their setup right now and you need to re-install Windows.
You will defiantly be empty after your new OS. So all you have to keep
your application from C drive and save it to another drive. This is the best
you can do. So in this post I am going to tell you how you can move all those
application from C drive to any drive you wish with their local data and
settings making appropriate changes in registry too.
This utility
application will do all those things in minute. All you have to do is to
download and install this application called Application
Mover.
Step 1
After downloading
the Utility, you need to install it to your PC, after this Run the Application.
Step 2
In main
Windows of the utilities you can see mainly two browsing path, called current
path and new path. Select the appropriate path for the programs you wish, and
select the new path. You can create the new path in drive D or any called Program files and use this as your
new path.
Step 3
Leave those
all check boxes untouched and Click on the OK bottom at the bottom.
Step 4
In the very
next screen you will notice a confirmation to move the required files, give
your permission by clicking OK and proceed.
Step 5
In the final
screen you will again ask to confirm the file replacement, agree and let it go
on. You can select the check box ‘Do not
ask me again’ box and click Replace.
Now let the
application work, it moves all the files under the directory and sub directory
you chosen making appropriate change in registry and Windows shortcuts along
with the .ini and install.log files.
You will
notice the following action under the Re-
> Files
are copied to new path
> Registry
changes are made
>
Shortcuts are changed
> Files
deleted from Old path
> .ini and
install.log files are changed.
This
utility is shareware and can be purchased for around $ 13-15.
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Another option for Application mover is Steammover, but this has some cons, it will run only under Windows vista and Windows 7. It support only NTFS not FAT or FAT32. It also don’t move shortcuts from C to another drive, you can do it manually will take around 10 minute.
Do and Don’t for this
This program
require Administrative privilege to Run.
Do not move
important directory like C:/Programme files/
Do not moves C:/programme
files/comman files/
Avoid Moving
the Antivirus programs and Office programs [it’s not safe but you can do it at
your own risk to try]
Take backups
to avoid mishaps.
Before doing
operation, all the programs moving must be closed/shutdown.
Do not move
application from one to another computer.
Do not run it
over the network
The Bottom line
And the bonus
tip, if you are about to install new OS you must backup the registry for these
programs and merge in your new OS to avoid the clashes. You can tale the backup
of My Document manually for some local data of programs, like your Game’s progress
are saved there. For those you can use file and setting transfer option on your
Windows. Hoping you got something new, having any suggestion or Doubt, don’t
wait comment and tell us.
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