[quote=SquonkSC;373139][quote=pasquanel;373122]All programs are installed on a separate drive after the fresh installation of windows I go to the other drive and create shortcuts and then drag them onto my desktop. The programs run just fine and the operation is seamless, you really can't tell the difference.
I run all types of programs this way, Office, e-mail, MyDefrag, MalWarebytes, SpyBot S&D, Photoshop, Nero 9, Ashampoo Burning Studio, most third party software and most Microsoft as well.
I was thinking the possibility of the apps adding in vital registry keys every time he opens them on a new install...Curious. When you first run the apps, do you need to re-configure them?
But I am with you...it is curious that he is getting this to work
Well...if he isn't installing the addon each time than there shouldn't be anyway that it could know how to handle PDFsHow would IE know how to display a PDF?
I know there are some programs that don't put anything in registry,
but what about file handlers in general?
How would windows know PSD is photoshop CS4?, that doc is Word 2007, etc.. if there isn't a key pointing there.
Nero usually installs a ton of reg keys. They are not necessary to run it without trouble?
If this is true it changes everything I was taught for the past 10 yrs.
+1I know there are some programs that don't put anything in registry,
but what about file handlers in general?
How would windows know PSD is photoshop CS4?, that doc is Word 2007, etc.. if there isn't a key pointing there.
Nero usually installs a ton of reg keys. They are not necessary to run it without trouble?
If this is true it changes everything I was taught for the past 10 yrs.
When you think how many register entries an average application creates, that alone makes you think...
Strange.
Kari
I'm not sure I'm following you, I use Foxit viewer to view PDF files it's installed on my E: drive all I did was create a shortcut to my desktop and after that whenever I click on a PDF from the C: drive it opens instantly. If this isn't supposed to work I'm happy I was to dumb to realize it...lol.
The programs were installed before, I was using most of them with Vista. Whenever I do this I always save the setup files and keys to another folder. If by chance a program does not work I can simply reinstall it. But most work right out of the box.
I may be wrong here but to my mind this isn't any different than if you were running programs from a server, the program is installed on it and you have access through a shortcut.
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