bringing settings over xp

I've got XP SP2 on one partition, and have installed Vista Beta 2 on another. When I was using XP, I'd install all my programs on a third partition, so no programs were actually intalled to the Windows partition. As such I would've thought it logical that I could access those programs on this unbiased partition with Vista just as I could with XP, but such doesn't seem to be the case. Authentication with programs such as Photoshop or iTunes aren't going through, my bookmarks and account settings aren't loading for things like Firefox and Thunderbird, et cetera.
I tried to take a look at the Vista Compatibility Wizard, but the program is somehow not where Windows Help says it is. And I can't find it.
Anybody?

Unfortunately, you're assuming the settings are stored with the programs. Unfortunately, that is very rarely true. They're in the registry or their in your XP User folder.
Tom "Bamboo Cactus" wrote in message

I've got XP SP2 on one partition, and have installed Vista Beta 2 on another. When I was using XP, I'd install all my programs on a third partition, so no programs were actually intalled to the Windows partition. As such I would've thought it logical that I could access those programs on this unbiased partition with Vista just as I could with XP, but such doesn't seem to be the case. Authentication with programs such as Photoshop or iTunes aren't going through, my bookmarks and account settings aren't loading for things like Firefox and Thunderbird, et cetera.
I tried to take a look at the Vista Compatibility Wizard, but the program is somehow not where Windows Help says it is. And I can't find it.
Anybody?

Ouch. I had a feeling that might be the case. Well.. any ideas for bringing that kind of stuff over?
"Tom Scales" wrote:

Unfortunately, you're assuming the settings are stored with the programs. Unfortunately, that is very rarely true. They're in the registry or their in your XP User folder.
Tom "Bamboo Cactus" wrote in message I've got XP SP2 on one partition, and have installed Vista Beta 2 on another. When I was using XP, I'd install all my programs on a third partition, so no programs were actually intalled to the Windows partition. As such I would've thought it logical that I could access those programs on this unbiased partition with Vista just as I could with XP, but such doesn't seem to be the case. Authentication with programs such as Photoshop or iTunes aren't going through, my bookmarks and account settings aren't loading for things like Firefox and Thunderbird, et cetera.
I tried to take a look at the Vista Compatibility Wizard, but the program is somehow not where Windows Help says it is. And I can't find it.
Anybody?

You can migrate files and settings from XP to Vista with the migration tool in Vista. Programs have to be installed in Vista.
"Bamboo Cactus" wrote in message

Ouch. I had a feeling that might be the case. Well.. any ideas for bringing that kind of stuff over?
"Tom Scales" wrote:
Unfortunately, you're assuming the settings are stored with the programs. Unfortunately, that is very rarely true. They're in the registry or their in your XP User folder.
Tom "Bamboo Cactus" wrote in message I've got XP SP2 on one partition, and have installed Vista Beta 2 on another. When I was using XP, I'd install all my programs on a third partition, so no programs were actually intalled to the Windows partition. As such I would've thought it logical that I could access those programs on this unbiased partition with Vista just as I could with XP, but such doesn't seem to be the case. Authentication with programs such as Photoshop or iTunes aren't going through, my bookmarks and account settings aren't loading for things like Firefox and Thunderbird, et cetera.
I tried to take a look at the Vista Compatibility Wizard, but the program is somehow not where Windows Help says it is. And I can't find it.
Anybody?

"Bamboo Cactus" wrote in message

Ouch. I had a feeling that might be the case. Well.. any ideas for bringing that kind of stuff over?

I just had a look at my C drive from within Vista (C contains XP). If I go into C-program files and browse to program application launchers then I can actually run them within Vista. Not all programs seem to have an obvious launcher but the following work for me... msn, irfanview, thunderbird, movie maker as do a few others. I have not checked them all. Whether this would work with your programs on a partition seperate to XP I do not know, but it is worth a try. Good luck.

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message

You can migrate files and settings from XP to Vista with the migration tool in Vista. Programs have to be installed in Vista.

See my reply. I have found that programs will actually run from the XP partition. Of course whether all programs will run is another matter :-)

I know about the multiboot phenomenon with at least some programs, but as you say, predictability as to which is another matter. At least one potential complication would be with Vista x64 where the folder structure is different to accomodate WOW64.
"Beck" wrote in message

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message You can migrate files and settings from XP to Vista with the migration tool in Vista. Programs have to be installed in Vista.
See my reply. I have found that programs will actually run from the XP partition. Of course whether all programs will run is another matter :-)

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message

I know about the multiboot phenomenon with at least some programs, but as you say, predictability as to which is another matter. At least one potential complication would be with Vista x64 where the folder structure is different to accomodate WOW64.

Absolutely. I would not try it with 32 and 64. But then I don't have a 64bit machine, so I'm alright jack :-)

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"Bamboo Cactus" wrote in message Ouch. I had a feeling that might be the case. Well.. any ideas for bringing that kind of stuff over?
I just had a look at my C drive from within Vista (C contains XP). If I go into C-program files and browse to program application launchers then I can actually run them within Vista. Not all programs seem to have an obvious launcher but the following work for me... msn, irfanview, thunderbird, movie maker as do a few others. I have not checked them all. Whether this would work with your programs on a partition seperate to XP I do not know, but it is worth a try. Good luck.

Forgive me, I obviously did not read your original post properly and totally missed the point that you already tried this.

You do know that you can also Cancel Message from the Message menu if you are in Vista Mail or OE? At least only the folks who have already downloaded the message will see it. It has covered a multitude of my sins. ;)
"Beck" wrote in message

"Beck" wrote in message
"Bamboo Cactus" wrote in message Ouch. I had a feeling that might be the case. Well.. any ideas for bringing that kind of stuff over?
I just had a look at my C drive from within Vista (C contains XP). If I go into C-program files and browse to program application launchers then I can actually run them within Vista. Not all programs seem to have an obvious launcher but the following work for me... msn, irfanview, thunderbird, movie maker as do a few others. I have not checked them all. Whether this would work with your programs on a partition seperate to XP I do not know, but it is worth a try. Good luck.
Forgive me, I obviously did not read your original post properly and totally missed the point that you already tried this.

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message

You do know that you can also Cancel Message from the Message menu if you are in Vista Mail or OE? At least only the folks who have already downloaded the message will see it. It has covered a multitude of my sins. ;)

Cheers I will do both although cancels don't always work. Been one of those days :-)

Hehe, no worries.
I'm just going to try reinstalling things, I guess. The big things that I need are the Adobe products, and like I said, it seems like the authentication has just gone away. Does anybody know where this might be stored in XP so I can copy it over?
"Beck" wrote:

"Beck" wrote in message
"Bamboo Cactus" wrote in message Ouch. I had a feeling that might be the case. Well.. any ideas for bringing that kind of stuff over?
I just had a look at my C drive from within Vista (C contains XP). If I go into C-program files and browse to program application launchers then I can actually run them within Vista. Not all programs seem to have an obvious launcher but the following work for me... msn, irfanview, thunderbird, movie maker as do a few others. I have not checked them all. Whether this would work with your programs on a partition seperate to XP I do not know, but it is worth a try. Good luck.
Forgive me, I obviously did not read your original post properly and totally missed the point that you already tried this.

On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:14:01 -0700, Bamboo Cactus wrote:

I've got XP SP2 on one partition, and have installed Vista Beta 2 on another. When I was using XP, I'd install all my programs on a third partition, so no programs were actually intalled to the Windows partition. As such I would've thought it logical that I could access those programs on this unbiased partition with Vista just as I could with XP, but such doesn't seem to be the case. Authentication with programs such as Photoshop or iTunes aren't going through, my bookmarks and account settings aren't loading for things like Firefox and Thunderbird, et cetera.
I tried to take a look at the Vista Compatibility Wizard, but the program is somehow not where Windows Help says it is. And I can't find it.
Anybody?

Well, you could probably just export the HKCU\Software\<program> and HKLM\Software\<program> keys in XP and then reimport them in Vista for a lot of simpler programs but ones that have many keys or services aren't going to be that easy to bring over. Probably easiest just to bite the bullet and reinstall the bigger application suites from scratch.
That said, most of my programs were simple to bring over. Eudora and Agent use .ini files for their settings so all I needed to do was to change some shortcut paths. I already had Firefox installed so that it used a separate partition for it's profile, so I just dragged it's installation folder over then edited my profile.ini file in \Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox to point to the correct location for where I'm keeping my profile. That way I can use the same profile from either Vista or XP as I dual boot. -- Michael Cecil http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/ http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/

You can't. You can boot into XP and go into the menus and 'unauthenticate' it, which tells their server you've uninstalled it. Then it will authenticate under Vista.
Tom "Bamboo Cactus" wrote in message

Hehe, no worries.
I'm just going to try reinstalling things, I guess. The big things that I need are the Adobe products, and like I said, it seems like the authentication has just gone away. Does anybody know where this might be stored in XP so I can copy it over?
"Beck" wrote:
"Beck" wrote in message
"Bamboo Cactus" wrote in message Ouch. I had a feeling that might be the case. Well.. any ideas for bringing that kind of stuff over?
I just had a look at my C drive from within Vista (C contains XP). If I go into C-program files and browse to program application launchers then I can actually run them within Vista. Not all programs seem to have an obvious launcher but the following work for me... msn, irfanview, thunderbird, movie maker as do a few others. I have not checked them all. Whether this would work with your programs on a partition seperate to XP I do not know, but it is worth a try. Good luck.
Forgive me, I obviously did not read your original post properly and totally missed the point that you already tried this.