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Thank you both for this sage advice. As a result, I see what you are saying and I think I know what I inevitably need to do.
It is very heartening to know that, as and when I eventually get around to doing this new install, it will be for the last time (I hope!). I have already been through the 1-2 week setup period about 1.5 years ago when my XP computer's chip burned out (almost literally) and then I reinstalled to a new PC with.... Vista (!)... of all things! So I am just so very loath to do it all again, given the huge chunk of productive time it takes out of one's life.
However, I see what you are both saying and that the upgrade path could not easily succeed.
Asoka
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Thorsen,
You're right. It's a lot, probably too many, and many of them don't get used that much if at all. Nevertheless, most of them were paid for at one time or another, hence there is kind of an onus to maintain them.
As I mentioned above though, it's not just the reinstall, it's the configuration that can takes ages. Like with Trading programs, after you do the install, you then have to reimport each data file for each market you look at into the templates you create. And so on. It's a major pain.
Asoka
---------- Post added at 11:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:32 AM ----------
On another related note, there appear to be software products out there that claim to be able to move software programs, files and settings from one PC to another.
Has anybody every tried anything like that? It occurs to me that if they are any good, then I could transfer the programs and settings over to the laptop, upgrade the main PC to Windows 7 and then transfer them back again...
Probably wishful thinking.
Asoka