Moving Program Files

[anishcool]

i have a lot of programs (by dozen) installed on my default C partition. Is there any way i can move them to another partition safely, without losing saved data, config settings, etc., etc., etc. ?

[ishaan]

i dont think so cuz dey r installed here and hav links all over da place for c: and even in da registry some places prob say dey r installed in C: so if u change rive it will get messed up

[theraven]

agreed
u can change the drives using tweakUI tho .. change the default location of the program files folder
the thing is some programs dont keep the path in the registry only
u will definitely have problems with some programs
best thing u can do is copy the program folder to a safe location apart from ur program files .. uninstall the program ..reinstall ur programs to ur new location
then copy the old program folder over it. .. ur config should be safe ..

[anishcool]

ok thanx, i've created restrore points before moving the big programs and kept my fingers crossed. so far so good.