Quote Originally Posted by BDC
Really? I'm impressed. Had enough trouble getting them to run after that back in Windows95 days, surprised it still works. Good to know though. After my last reformat I did that cunning partition thing too...
I don't want to be misleading so I must clarify that 'most programs' in my universe means games. Obviously the more complex utilitarian apps, especially those that incorporate themselves into the explorer shell or system tray, won't work using this method. You'd be surprised how many apps will continue to work though. However, it's been my experience that most games installed to the D: partition will continue to work even after you've nuked the registry and wiped the install info present on the C: partition. Saved games and personal settings aside this method saves you an entire evening (or two) of reinstalling and reconfiguring those multi-gig footprint games.