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For a dual boot Windows system, for Win2k and WinXP, is there any way to

avoid dual installations of apps? E.g., Adobe Acrobat Reader, is there a

way of avoiding having to install the reader for both systems so as to avoid

doubling the apps space on HD?

 

Thanks,

 

r.a.

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    "Roland A." <rolandansgar@gmail.com> wrote in message

    news:e4aeb$468cf4f7$4b59cbab$23052@ALLTEL.NET...

    > For a dual boot Windows system, for Win2k and WinXP, is there any way to

    > avoid dual installations of apps? E.g., Adobe Acrobat Reader, is there a

    > way of avoiding having to install the reader for both systems so as to

    > avoid

    > doubling the apps space on HD?

    >

    > Thanks,

    >

    > r.a.

    >

    >

    >

    >

     

     

    No. You can share DATA but not apps......

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    On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 09:41:14 -0400, "Roland A."

    <rolandansgar@gmail.com> wrote:

    > For a dual boot Windows system, for Win2k and WinXP, is there any way to

    > avoid dual installations of apps? E.g., Adobe Acrobat Reader, is there a

    > way of avoiding having to install the reader for both systems so as to avoid

    > doubling the apps space on HD?

     

     

    No, because of the many registry entries and other references to the

    applications that have to exist within each copy of Windows.

     

    --

    Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User

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    Installing the app on a common third partition would be one possible

    method. You would still have to install from each OS but the main files

    would be "shared".

     

    Roland A. wrote:

    > For a dual boot Windows system, for Win2k and WinXP, is there any way to

    > avoid dual installations of apps? E.g., Adobe Acrobat Reader, is there a

    > way of avoiding having to install the reader for both systems so as to avoid

    > doubling the apps space on HD?

    >

    > Thanks,

    >

    > r.a.

    >

    >

    >

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