Hi. I am trying to find more info re the above, as I have built a new PC with new Mobo, Cpu, PSU etc, and Windows 10 Home, mainly as I hear MS is stopping support for my Windows 7 Ultimate soon, and I want to get used to the new OS, but will run it in parallel with my old one for a a while !
I see there are companies that advertise transferring everything for $50........but when you log in there, they say NOT programs ! I have called them out on this but got nowhere.
Files, and personal info etc is no problem. Programs can be re-installed with original disks etc, but I'm wondering which files can be transferred from the 'Old' to the 'New'. A lot of the info will be in users/name/AppData/prog/local or roaming/ etc.
But I'm wondering what can be transferred, or copied from the Registry, as that is probably what it is all about.
So when the new OS [Win 10 in my case] had been installed, what could be transferred from the Win 7 Registry to make the Progs work.
If the 'Charging' companies [$200 !] can do this over the Internet, there must be a way !
I hope !
ROD
Seriously, Windows isn't designed to transfer over programs like that. A few programs are designed to be "portable" or may have specific portable versions that can be run from any folder, and thus can be moved, but you'd know those when you downloaded/installed them. Anything that ran a standard installer, you're better off running a new installation.
Also, as it's a totally new PC, any program that requires activation will need to be activated again anyway, as the activation won't transfer (typically tied to a motherboard).
One thing that may help is that you may be able to transfer configurations, but how to do so is different on a per-app basis. So look at the apps that you want to transfer configs for instead of setting up new, and search for how to transfer the settings/configuration for that specific app. Rinse/repeat.
If the services you find are charging $200, they're not using just software, but having an actual person log in and do the migration for you, which may include simply re-installing the program, reactivating it and moving the config over. It's like an oil-change. You can either pay for someone to do it for you, or you can figure out how to do it yourself. You're paying for their expertise, equipment, and maybe warranty.