I have a partition whose current Drive Letter is "J" and would like to rename it to "D". Renaming the Drive Letter I know how to do. My challenge is that I installed software to "Drive J" and was wondering if the programs installed on Drive J would still function if I renamed it.
I don't believe this could be done with XP but had to ask since the OS is Windows 7.
Thanks,
John
Change Drive Letter
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Change Drive Letter
Regards,
John
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Re: Change Drive Letter
I think there will be issues with the installed programs, as the settings in the registry and other places are going to be looking for the J drive.
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Re: Change Drive Letter
Dave,
That is what I expected. Is there a way to tell what programs are installed on Drive J? I don't mind removing them and reinstalling after the Drive Letter change. I just don't want to miss any programs installed there.
Regards,
John
That is what I expected. Is there a way to tell what programs are installed on Drive J? I don't mind removing them and reinstalling after the Drive Letter change. I just don't want to miss any programs installed there.
Regards,
John
Regards,
John
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Re: Change Drive Letter
I have had reasonable success using regedit to search for J: (or whichever drive letter I am about to change).
For many simple things you just need to change the registry entry, but if you have installed a major application such as Microsoft Office on this drive then you will have to deinstall and reinstall to make sure.
For many simple things you just need to change the registry entry, but if you have installed a major application such as Microsoft Office on this drive then you will have to deinstall and reinstall to make sure.
StuartR