Transferring programs to another computer. Transfer data from one computer to another

Buying a new computer or reinstalling the operating system on the old one is quite a joyful event, as working on a clean, non-cluttered system is a pleasure. That's just overshadow all this joy can be transferred to only the installed system of really important and necessary applications. Why do you ask? Well, for example, there was no installation disk at hand, and all the complex settings of the necessary programs have long been forgotten.

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The program has been updated to version 5.13.2. And it was updated in our same Russian-language version ...
Utility called PickMeApp Allows you to quickly and easily transfer already installed applications along with individual settings to another computer. In this case, the user does not have to use the original disk with the desired program and spend time on reinstalling. After starting PickMeApp scans the computer and enters all the programs that it can transfer to the left panel. Then the selected programs are packaged (along with their data from the windows registry and settings) on a flash drive, external drive or network drive. After that, PickMeApp is launched on another computer and the previously packaged programs are installed.
The user interface of the product boasts exceptional ease of use. On the left side of the screen there is a list of installed applications, and on the right panel transferred programs are displayed, in addition, here the user can configure some transfer settings. After selecting the necessary applications, just click on the Capture Marked Application button and PickMeApp will independently perform all the necessary operations. The process may take some time depending on the size of the source applications.

Utility PickMeApp makes it possible to view information about any application, such as the version of the application, the estimated size of the future archive, the time of its creation, etc. To do this, left-click to select the application you are interested in. There are three buttons below the information: Capture - capture application Repair - restore the application, Uninstall - uninstall the application.

PickMeApp can be used to transfer to a new device a huge number of common software products from integrated development environments, graphic packages and desktop publishing systems to small system utilities.

If profile is used “My Capture Application”, then the application will be packed into a file with the extension .tap and written to a subfolder of Tapps (a subfolder of the utility itself). If you want to save the file in a different folder, you need to add a new profile. To do this, click “Create new profile” or activate it by clicking the left mouse button.

After selecting the applications necessary for the transfer, you need to start the process of creating their installation packages, which include all the necessary file, settings, registry branches. To start, click “Capture marked application”.

All ready-made packages are easily transferred to your profile using the button Import. To deploy such packages on a new system, just select them in the right panel of PickMeApp and click “Install marked application” start the installation. It is possible to sort applications by size, name, creation date, version of the application, or by additional options:

- installed - displays applications already installed on the PC;
- not installed - displays not installed applications;
- selected - displays the selected applications;
- clear - cancel the previous filter and display all applications.
By clicking on the “Click here for support information” link, you can see detailed information about the selected application. It is also worth knowing that if this program is already installed on your PC, it will be marked with a green circle. There are two options to choose from: with installation and unpacked and ready for use, i.e. ported ...

Release Year: 2012
OS: Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7
Interface language: Russian
Size: 6.4 Mb / 4.2 Mb
Material was kindly provided by the author of Russification pp0312
PickMeApp 5.13.2:

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- installed - displays applications already installed on the PC;
   - not installed - displays not installed applications;
   - selected - displays the selected applications;
   - clear - cancel the previous filter and display all applications.
   By clicking on the “Click here for support information” link, you can see detailed information about the selected application. It is also worth knowing that if this program is already installed on your PC, it will be marked with a green circle. There are two options to choose from: with installation and unpacked and ready for use, i.e. ported ...

Release Year: 2012
OS: Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7
Interface language: Russian
Size: 6.4 Mb / 4.2 Mb
Material was kindly provided by the author of Russification pp0312
PickMeApp 5.13.2:

By purchasing a new computer or reinstalling the operating system, all the software, including all its settings, must be reinstalled each time. This trend is forcing many users to abandon the transition to another operating system or computer. The solution to this problem is a special utility PickMeApp.

PickMeApp software is designed to save and bundle automatic deployment packages of installed software on a user's computer. This means that this program builds installed applications, including all settings and parameters. After assembly, all programs are easily restored to a new computer or system immediately configured.

The convenience of using PickMeApp is that you do not need installation packages of all programs, and archiving and installation is done by pressing a few buttons, after which everything will be done automatically.

Benefits of PickMeApp Utility:

Convenient graphical interface;
Ease of use;
Ability to work without the need for installation (portable version);
Work on new OS Windows 7, 8 (8.1).

PickMeApp Instruction

After starting the utility, the user automatically gets to the main screen of the program

The main program window is divided into two main parts. On the left side of PickMeApp you will see all the software that is present on your computer and which can be transferred. The utility itself will automatically scan all the system folders and build a list of applications. The list can be sorted according to the most necessary criteria: name, size, version ...

To select an application for transfer, you need to check the box on the left side opposite its name. The best option is to use the button to automatically mark all applications “Mark All”. So you immediately select all the necessary applications with one click. In the left part of the window, immediately below the application selection frame, the approximate size of the archive and the time to create it in minutes will be displayed.

After selecting the desired programs on the left side

you can go to the right area of \u200b\u200bthe program window. By default, there are two profiles. The first “My Captured Application” is designed to ensure that only your applications are archived. Second: “PickMeApp Collection” is nothing more than a collection of programs that can be included in your archive (they will be downloaded from the network). Therefore, the first profile will be most optimal.

To start creating an archive, click the “Capture marked application (s)” button. She looks like a folder with a green arrow inside her. Alternatively, you can use the hotkey combination: Ctrl + C. The process of creating the archive will be shown at the bottom of the progress bar, and actions will be written to the log file, which is displayed at the very bottom of the main program window

The finished application archive is saved in the .tap format, which can be easily transferred to your profile. In order to deploy applications already on the new operating system, you need to mark them in the right pane of the main window of the PickMeApp utility and start the automatic installation with the “Install marked application (s)” button (Looks like a folder with an up arrow).

Features and nuances

On the hard drive you need to have enough free space to save the archive;
A program in new operating systems must be run as administrator;
It is better to use auto-selection of all applications.

Instead of an afterword

That's basically all that is needed to transfer any number of programs from one computer to another or to automate the process of reinstalling the operating system. Even the fact that the program’s interface in English does not make it incomprehensible or inconvenient, any of your actions is accompanied by visual design, and the number of actions is so small that it will not be difficult for you to transfer the selected software.

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The modern world and modern technology have forced us to look at the concept of relocation in a different way. If earlier we connected with this concept only a change of residence, now we also connect the change of the operating system. That in one thing, in another case with the move there are a lot of problems (transferring things / programs, arranging a new meta / updating, configuring, installing programs, applications and games).

The most difficult task when moving to a new OS is the transfer to it of the necessary software for operation, all kinds of applications, files with personal data, of course games, multimedia libraries, messages of the mail client and settings of installed programs.

The classic move to a new PC or new OS looks something like this: the user deletes the old operating system, formats the hard drive partition and installs a new OS in it, let's say Windows 8. After that, the most tedious, long and dreary work begins: installing the programs necessary for the work (which may be a large number), favorite games, transferring personal files to the new OS. Everything would be fine, but time, and most importantly nerves, with such an approach, a lot of people leave, and no one is safe from not losing any files, important correspondence in this routine once and for all ... The question arises: how to speed up and simplify the process of moving to another computer or a new OS? Can this be done at all? There is nothing impossible, for everything there is one solution or another.

Today we will tell you about what programs exist to transfer applications and user data to the new OS. In addition, we will analyze the difficult moments when moving, and also decide which data to transfer and which not.

Difficulties in porting programs to the new OS

The most difficult thing to migrate, no matter to the new OS or to another computer, is the transfer of programs and their settings. Normal copying a folder with program files installed in it is unlikely to be useful in this situation, it will work only with portable programs. Normal copying will inevitably lead to loss of application performance for a number of reasons:

At the time of installation of programs in the system, a variety of program files are recorded on the entire hard disk, in different folders (Windows, Programs Files, Document and setting, Common Files, etc.). Of course, you can manually collect all these files if you try, but then you have to sort them all into their folders in the new OS.
Transferring the application in this way to another computer, when it starts, it will certainly begin to access the Windows registry in search of the keys necessary for operation, which are written in it when the program is installed. Of course, when accessing the registry, the program will not be able to find the necessary entries in it, as a result of which it will work with errors, if at all, it can start. For this reason, in addition to program files, you must also transfer registry entries.
After installing those programs that are “tied” to hardware, some of their files and registry keys contain information about the current system configuration. Transferring such a program to another computer, the configuration of which is different from the old PC, you can not expect normal operation from it, or, for example, activation.
Archives of mail messages.
“Saves” games.

What data needs to be transferred to the new OS from the old?

First of all, these are, of course, installed programs, such as office suites, programs for editing images and video files, translators, mail programs, browsers, archivers, in general, all those that we use every day.
User files, including working documents, photo and video archives, file archives, music libraries, electronic books, etc. When transferring this type of data, an ordinary flash drive or USB drive can help. For them, a simple and consistent copy (PC-USB flash drive-PC) is enough. But, there is another way, for example, using the Windows Easy Transformer program (we will give it a separate review).
Archives of mail messages.
Bookmarks and Favorites of browsers.
“Saves” games.

What data is not transferable?

Unfortunately, not all information can be transferred to another PC, even when using specialized tools. You can certainly try more accurately, but the result will not be guaranteed. Most often, some applications fall into the category of such data, for example, such as:

Device Drivers - Cannot be transferred to another system. After installing the OS, they will have to be reinstalled, since the system configuration will be changed. It is customary to prepare drivers in advance before setting about installing a new OS.
Complex software packages, such as 3ds Max Design. Of course, you can try to transfer this application package, but in most cases the attempts will fail. In addition, when transferring such application packages, you may need to re-activate them, with the introduction of a license key. If the program is attached to the hardware, then it is unlikely to be able to reactivate it on another hardware.
Antivirus and other software to protect the system of viruses. Popular antiviruses such as Kaspersky Internet Security, Norton Internet Security or Avast Internet Security during installation take into account all the features of the operating system, working at the level of its kernel. For this reason, antiviruses, in principle, cannot be transferred to another system.
Some data may simply be incompatible with the operating system where it is transferred. For example, the commercial PCmover program immediately warns the user about incompatibility, music that is protected by digital rights.

In order not to bore you with reading, we decided not to include reviews of data transfer programs in this article. There are enough programs for this, and for some of them reviews with examples of work in them are already being written. Therefore, soon, we will continue to develop the topic of transferring programs to another computer or operating system.