>Hi,
>I just got a new laptop and want get my VFP development environment back quickly.
>I have VFP 7,8,9 versions with latest SP installed on my old machine. Well, I can't seem to find all the installations CDs.
>What would be the best way to move different versions of VFP develop environment to new computer in this case?
>I tempted to just copy the whole directory and export/import registries related?
>Or is this really not a good idea?
>
>Thanks!
>
>-Jun

Many Windows installation programs will not only create the program directory (Visual FoxPro in this case) and copy files, but also copy certain files (usually DLL files) to the Windows folder, do changes in the Registry, and perhaps do some other changes such as registering ActiveX (OCX) files. Just copying the folder will only take care of the first part, and therefore probably not work. You can try it, of course - but I have only seen this work for some fairly small programs, for example, certain games.