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Moved Folders From C: Drive To D: Drive And The Applications Stoped Working by ednut1(m): 10:59am On Jan 27, 2010 |
Pls help am using acer aspire 5315. In other to free some space i moved some folder to the d: drive and the applications like acer manager, acer dvd, real player, itunes ,etc stopped working . Wat can i do |
Re: Moved Folders From C: Drive To D: Drive And The Applications Stoped Working by AKO1(m): 12:07pm On Jan 27, 2010 |
The shortcuts on your desktop, start menu, etc are by default routed to the C:\Program Files\'xyz' folder. So the the applications are still intact. What you can do is to go to the program folders of each of the apps in your D drive, look for the .exe file and 'create shortcut' wherever you like. There must be a way of rerouting the old shortcuts to the new locations but I can't figure it out now. I'd also suggest that you move large files off your C to free up space, instead of moving program folders. Moving sensitive program folders could be catastrophic if you're not careful. |
Re: Moved Folders From C: Drive To D: Drive And The Applications Stoped Working by Nobody: 1:13pm On Jan 27, 2010 |
it is almost always a bad idea to move your program files folder a large number of applications have their paths set in the regsitry, or in ini files. moving them will cause them to stop working. determining which apps will run if moved is a case by case basis and that dos not take the shorcut issue into account - though windows has a 'comprehensive search for broken shorcuts that usually fixes shortcut issues - as long a its just a drive letter what you need to do is move your documents - music, movies etc to the d drive move your program files back |
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