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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / Setup and Deployment / May 2008Microsoft not fully supporting 64 bit?
I built a Vista PC a month ago and transferred my settings from my now defunct XP PC. However, when I tried to transfer my apps so I could avoid installing most of them again, the Easy Transfer Companion program said it would not run on a 64 bit OS. So an MS product (WETC) does not support another MS product, Windows Vista 64-bit?!? How hard is it for them to create a 64-bit version of WETC? >I built a Vista PC a month ago and transferred my settings from my now >defunct XP PC. However, when I tried to transfer my apps so I could avoid >installing most of them again, the Easy Transfer Companion program said it >would not run on a 64 bit OS. AFAIK there is no way to keep from having to reinstall your programs once you've done a clean install. You can transfer email and IE settings and data as well as particular directories (your choice) but you will still have to reinstall your programs. I just went through all of that last week. BTW... transferring Program File directories will help you keep individualized settings in your programs when you reinstall them. Thanks for the advice of copying program folders from the old PC after I reinstall the programs on Visat. The old PC is gone but its c: drive is in an external case I can access from the Vista PC. > >I built a Vista PC a month ago and transferred my settings from my now > >defunct XP PC. However, when I tried to transfer my apps so I could avoid [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > BTW... transferring Program File directories will help you keep > individualized settings in your programs when you reinstall them. You will most likely still have to reinstall the apps since first not all of their files are stored in their C drive folder and since none of their Registry entries are in their C drive folder. > Thanks for the advice of copying program folders from the old PC after I > reinstall the programs on Visat. The old PC is gone but its c: drive is [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> BTW... transferring Program File directories will help you keep >> individualized settings in your programs when you reinstall them. The Easy Transfer Companion the OP is referring to is not the Windows Easy Transfer program used to transfer files and settings. The Companion version is designed to transfer programs as well. I tried to use it but could not get it to work through my local network. Also it is only available on computers set to US English settings on both computers. It would also appear that it only works on the 32 bit versions of Windows by the OP's comments. >>I built a Vista PC a month ago and transferred my settings from my now >>defunct XP PC. However, when I tried to transfer my apps so I could avoid [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > BTW... transferring Program File directories will help you keep > individualized settings in your programs when you reinstall them. |
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