Solved change drive letter, affects program function?

zdeve

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i have most of my programs installed to a drive (partition) other than C:

so if i change the drive letter of that partition, i'm pretty sure that all of the references to all of those programs in the registry will not be updated accordingly...

so then some of the programs won't be able to start or function properly...?

is this correct thinking?
 

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Hello zdeve, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Yes, that would be correct. All references to that program would be broken since it would no longer be at the original drive letter it was installed on. :(
 

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thanks, Brink, glad to be here

i'm one of those windows users who has only just upgraded to 7 - so really happy to find these excellent forums

actually, i have already been able to solve a lot of issues by using your very helpfull tutorials - thanks to all concerned!

about the drive letter - i suspected as much - anyway not too serious!

on a good day i could seek out and change some reg entries - or just reinstall
 

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Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad that the tutorials were able to help.

I'd say reinstalling the affected programs would be better since that would be the only way to make sure that you correct all references.
 
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Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self built custom
OS
64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
CPU
Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
Memory
64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz
Graphics Card(s)
ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
Sound Card
Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
Screen Resolution
2560x1440
Hard Drives
1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
TerraMaster F8 SSD Plus NAS
PSU
Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
Case
Thermaltake Core P3
Cooling
Corsair Hydro H115i
Keyboard
Logitech wireless K800
Mouse
Logitech MX Master 4
Internet Speed
2 Gb/s Download and 100 Mb/s Upload
Antivirus
Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
Browser
Google Chrome
Other Info
Logitech Z625 speaker system,
Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
Galaxy S23 Plus phone
ok, that would be less troublesome in the long run :-)
 

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