How to intergrate programs from old drive

[sgtcool]

So i had to completly reset windows, but i didnt reset my old SECONDARY drive thats full of games and programs.

The programs of my 2nd drive arent showing under uninstalling in control panel, how do i intergrate all the programs with the new windows instalation??

[Altecice]

You cant, you will need to reinstall them. You may as well delete the old system folders from that drive as you cant use them in your new install.

[sgtcool]

1 hour ago, Altecice said:

You cant, you will need to reinstall them. You may as well delete the old system folders from that drive as you cant use them in your new install.

Also steam games?

 

they seem to work normall and are not listed in control panel under uninstall, same with steam, is that OK , maybe a way to "integrate them with windows"??

[Altecice]

17 minutes ago, sgtcool said:

Also steam games?

 

they seem to work normall and are not listed in control panel under uninstall, same with steam, is that OK , maybe a way to "integrate them with windows"??

 

Ahh yes forgot about thoose, you can move your whole steam directory (including subfolders) to a new location and it will 'rebuild' its self and recognize all your games, the rest of your programs (programs) cannot be moved.

[sgtcool]

1 hour ago, Altecice said:

 

Ahh yes forgot about thoose, you can move your whole steam directory (including subfolders) to a new location and it will 'rebuild' its self and recognize all your games, the rest of your programs (programs) cannot be moved.

how do i do that? i reeinstalled steam, all the programs are shown as installed and they do work. what exactly do you mean?

[Thx And Bye]

Just install your programm like you would normaly.

 

After that, copy the programm folders from %HOMEPATH%\Appdata from your old installation to your new one.

Most of them should be in Roaming but if the folder in Roaming isn't enough make sure to also check the Local folder.

[sgtcool]

1 hour ago, Thx And Bye said:

Just install your programm like you would normaly.

 

After that, copy the programm folders from %HOMEPATH%\Appdata from your old installation to your new one.

Most of them should be in Roaming but if the folder in Roaming isn't enough make sure to also check the Local folder.

I only have 1 instalation

....i got 2 drives, the HDD was used for games and programs, while the SSD only for the OS(which was wiped). i guess you misunderstood it.

[Thx And Bye]

8 minutes ago, sgtcool said:

i guess you misunderstood it.

Thats my bad.

 

There is no way, to "integrate" installations of programs into windows other then using the normal installer routine of the programs.

Exceptions like the steam library are possible, because it's a routine that is build into steam, not something that has to do with Windows.

(just create a new steam library with the patch of your old one)

 

You can start the .exe from your 2nd harddrive and if the game / program works its all fine.

But if not, you have to reinstall that game / program.

 

For small programs like the steam laucher i would always prefer a normal installation.

[sgtcool]

1 hour ago, Thx And Bye said:

Thats my bad.

 

There is no way, to "integrate" installations of programs into windows other then using the normal installer routine of the programs.

Exceptions like the steam library are possible, because it's a routine that is build into steam, not something that has to do with Windows.

(just create a new steam library with the patch of your old one)

 

You can start the .exe from your 2nd harddrive and if the game / program works its all fine.

But if not, you have to reinstall that game / program.

 

For small programs like the steam laucher i would always prefer a normal installation.

Oh well , screwed something up and deleted my older SteamApps xd, rip 500GB of games

 

i hope the settings and progess gets saved on the steam cloud then

[sgtcool]

one more question, i also copy-pasted the Documents folder , that contained some files from some games, is that alright ? or....

[Thx And Bye]

All savefiles copied from AppData or Documts folder should work fine, if you reinstall your games.

If the game supports cloudsave in steam, it is marked with a small cloud in the listview of your games.