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Transferring via flash drive

16 years ago

Does anyone have any idea if this will work? I was going to try to transfer my plugin folder from my desktop Win XP via a flash drive to my laptop Vista.(These are Adobe compatible plug ins for Paint Shop Pro) I know for some plugins to work in Vista I need two different dll's which I do have access to.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Carol

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owbist
16 years ago
Create a Restore point and try, if it fails simply restore the computer.

If these plugins are installed it likely will not work because you would have installed them so the the pointers would be installed in Adobe or PSP allowing them to find the respective plugin when you called for it.

If these are the original zipped plugins you have no worries.

Can't you Google and find any plugins you need for the second computer?

As an aside I like to burn my freebie downloads to a CD marked as utilities for situations like this. Plus if a free program becomes wildly popular it has been known for fees to be implemented on that program.
kyry
Original Author
16 years ago
Thank you so much for your reply. Some of these plugins I know for sure were installed as you said. The problem is I have so many I would like to use (I'm talking about several hundred) that to try and find them all to download again would take weeks. The ideal thing would be for me to network both computers and share the folders I want.I have Verizon Fios with a wireless router But there are two problems with that 1- I have no idea how to do that and 2- my desktop that has everything I want is Win XP 32 bit. the laptop is Vista 64 bit and I understand that it may not work. Do you have any knowledge about that?
Thank y ou again
Carol
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It is a portable app, made to function that way. I posted a link in the original post here that explains what a portable app is. Much like using a linux live cd and running it from the cd/dvd drive. It is running in its own environment, not installing to the computer itself. The version of the app is designed to function that way. There are portable app versions for a lot of programs. Try google for portable apps you may be amazed. Using a portable app version of an antivirus program on an infected pc that you can not get to install or run the AV on the computer because the infection has disabled it, is a much often used tool. Which is why so many tech people carry a flash drive toolkit. Most of the tools you need can be put on a flash drive. One of the first things to happen have is a small linux distro capable of booting and running from your flash drive, with it you can gain access to the files in a borked windows pc and salvage them. The link below gives some information on flash toolkits. Here is a link that might be useful: Toolkit
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