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RE: backing up software...
No!
Programs need to be installed.
When you install a program there are far more things that are copied to your hard disk than what you'll find in the programs directory. Many programs (almost all) install libraries too, alter registry settings, etc. etc. Without all this your program will simply not work (and/or may cause more errors in other parts of windows when run).
The only thing you can safely copy from one directory to the other (on another PC) are your own made documents. To backup the program itself, you need to backup your entire harddisk (simply speaking) and hope that the new computer has exactly the same hardware and set up as your original computer; otherwise things will not work either...
The best, and only safe, solution is to reinstall the program from scratch on the new computer.
This post was edited on 03-04-2006 at 10:34 AM by CookieRevised.
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