2 movie makers now??

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Burgy

Sorry if this is the wrong group for this:

My new computer has XP Pro. I had to do some updates to install SP2. I have
one hard drive with 2 partitions and added another as one partition. XP is
on C and the others are D and E.
I had noticed that whenever I install anything, XP tries to put it on 'D'.
Wondered why, but it was no big deal.
Recently, i decided to try some add on MovieMaker transitions and effects
from Rehan's website. After installing, they never showed up in the MM
program. I had put the xml files where he said (C:\Program Files\Movie
Maker\Shared\AddOnTFX folder), but no joy. I eventually found that there is
a MovieMaker folder with the same files on both the C drive and the D drive.
I put the xml files in the directory on the D drive and it all works fine
now. I'm wondering if I can get rid of the one on the C drive? Has anyone
else ran into this??
Oh, is there a way to change that 'install to D' default' if that's what it
is??

Thanks for any reply,
 
Hi Burgy;
That is an interesting one ideed. So XP tries to install to D:\Program Files
by default. Is there a Windows directory on D?
As far as deleteing the C install of WMM, I am not certain you can do this,
but this is what you can do to find out.
First of all, right click the shortcut to WMM you can either use the one on
the Quick Launch Bar, the Desktop, or in Start/Programs. Select Properties.
What installation is the shortcut pointing to? If it is D:\Program Files,
that is one indicator that you may be able to safely remove the C
installation.
But before you do, I would rename the folder in C:\Program Files\MovieMaker
to something like C:\Program Files\Old MovieMaker.
Then run your machine for a couple of days, make sure you use Movie Maker.
If all works as before, it is probably safe to assume that directory is not
used, and you could delete it.

Let us know if that helps;
Jeff
 
Normally windows uses drive C as the "system" drive where it gets installed.
The same drive is used for Program Files folder. In rare cases (like
yourself), the system drive can be something else. This happens mostly if
you add and remove hard disks from one system to another. This is not a
normal procedure to do and people who do that sort of things geenrally are
knowledgeable enough to sort out any problems arising from the fact that
drive D or E has become the system drive.

Most of my freeware packages are self extracting zip files made using
WinRAR. Most feature a first screen identifying where the files would be
extracted to. if you know that your Program Files folder is located
somewhere other than the default place, you should change this path in that
dialog.

If there is one of my packages which does not have such a dialog please tell
me. I will change it. But in the meanwhile just extract the files yourself.
The exe is just a zip file and should be directly openable by Winzip or
winrar etc.

If the extra copy in "C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared\AddOnTFX" only has
my files (xml and dll) then you can safely delete them. You can always
reinstall them using the main package. It is also safe to delete any other
empty folder on non-system drive.

Hope it helps.
 
JeffW said:
Hi Burgy;
That is an interesting one ideed. So XP tries to install to D:\Program
Files
by default. Is there a Windows directory on D?
Click to expand...

Well, now...That explains a lot. Seems to be an instance of XP on each
partition.C and D that is, LOL
I must have done something wrong somewhere.
Also explains why, on bootup, I get offerred a choice of 2 XP Pros. I Always
just hit Enter or let it go on it's own.
I'll have to try and see if the other one boots. Not a problem really. I
have plenty of room. This thing runs so well, I don't want to mess things up
til I have a reason to. Thanks for the reply.
 
Hi Burgy;
It sounds like what may have happened, is you may have tried to re-install
Windows on top of itself, to correct a major problem perhaps?
If you chose "New Installation" as an option, and then when it popped up
"There is an existing Windows installation on target drive C. If you
continue, that installation will be erased", you may have answered no, as you
did not want to erase that, just repair it. So you may have inadvertently
allowed Windows to install in the active partition D.
So you may have 2 Windows XP installations, if you want you can select the
other one to boot to, just to see if it works.
As you have seen, you can run the system this way and it really does not
harm anything. In fact, if the other installation works, you could use it as
a test bed so to speak, if you ever want to install some piece of software
that you are questioning how well it will work with Windows.
In any case, the Windows you are working with is using the D drive as the
default directory, so anything you install, like those add ons for Movie
Maker, must be installed on that drive.

Take care
Jeff
However, it seems that the Windows you are using is on the D Drive.
 
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