Moved Office

[RJQMAN]

I have an older computer that works quite well, but the hard disk had
been divided into two segments - C and D. The C segment is full, and
the D is nearly empty. Office takes a lot of space, so I moved it to
D. Of course, now it will not open. I no longer have the disks or
anything - it is office 2003, which I greatly prefer to office 2007,
and it is on my computer, I paid for it and bought the disks 7 years
ago (but lost them in a move since then). It is all possible to open
it, or am I SOL? It is a legal, paid for copy from long ago.

I am over 60 years old but fairly computer literate, and I think there
is a way to change the registry, but I am a little scared to lose
everything of I screw it up. I am hoping for a more user-friendly
solution that will enable me to use the program that I bought an paid
for...

Thanks for any help...

 

[DL]

You may have bought and paid for the program but in losing the disks you are
stuffed.
Moving a program in the method you chose wont work, you have to uninstall
then reinstall via custom installation.
Assuming you have the Office key you would need to borrow a same version set
of office disks

"RJQMAN" <rjqman@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1b75a3cc-0105-4bf7-b704-e5af3ef74231@d20g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...
>I have an older computer that works quite well, but the hard disk had
> been divided into two segments - C and D. The C segment is full, and
> the D is nearly empty. Office takes a lot of space, so I moved it to
> D. Of course, now it will not open. I no longer have the disks or
> anything - it is office 2003, which I greatly prefer to office 2007,
> and it is on my computer, I paid for it and bought the disks 7 years
> ago (but lost them in a move since then). It is all possible to open
> it, or am I SOL? It is a legal, paid for copy from long ago.
>
> I am over 60 years old but fairly computer literate, and I think there
> is a way to change the registry, but I am a little scared to lose
> everything of I screw it up. I am hoping for a more user-friendly
> solution that will enable me to use the program that I bought an paid
> for...
>
> Thanks for any help...

 

[db]

unfortunately, the method
you use is for the old dos
programs which are now
going extinct.

windows of today is more
complex and programs are
highly integrated with the
system.

so my suggestion is to move
the folder back to the c
drive.

this should restore the
functionality of office again.

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there is another method of
creating more space on the
c drive.

by moving your "My Documents"
folder to the d drive.

simply right click on my
documents icon or folder
and pull up its property page.

you will find the place to
enter d

then windows will move the
entire contents of my documents
over to the d.

for all practical purposes it is
best to leave the c drive reserved
for programs

and reserve the d drive for all
your user files, like docs, pics,
etc....

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"RJQMAN" <rjqman@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1b75a3cc-0105-4bf7-b704-e5af3ef74231@d20g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...
> I have an older computer that works quite well, but the hard disk had
> been divided into two segments - C and D. The C segment is full, and
> the D is nearly empty. Office takes a lot of space, so I moved it to
> D. Of course, now it will not open. I no longer have the disks or
> anything - it is office 2003, which I greatly prefer to office 2007,
> and it is on my computer, I paid for it and bought the disks 7 years
> ago (but lost them in a move since then). It is all possible to open
> it, or am I SOL? It is a legal, paid for copy from long ago.
>
> I am over 60 years old but fairly computer literate, and I think there
> is a way to change the registry, but I am a little scared to lose
> everything of I screw it up. I am hoping for a more user-friendly
> solution that will enable me to use the program that I bought an paid
> for...
>
> Thanks for any help...