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Hello All,

I copied my hardrive as separate hardrive for removal of one hardrive to be used and save the other one. Some copied icon does not open up the software like the original. Mainly the microsoft office 2003 software. How do i make or link them to the software to open.

I use Inventor to link with excel. It does not link when i use certain command like the original.

Can some one help me out with this.

Thanks

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Short version for : copying files from one drive to another will not reliably move installed programs. An installed app stores settings, COM registrations, services and registry keys outside its Program Files folder, so simply copying icons or the program folder often leaves the program unregistered and broken. (howtogeek.com)

Both and were on the right track — check whether the desktop icon is just a shortcut and whether its target points to a real executable on the copied drive. If the shortcut’s path no longer matches (different drive letter or missing EXE) you can either recreate the shortcut to the actual EXE or restore the original drive letter using Disk Management so the old paths work again. These fixes only help when the application files and registrations are intact. (howtogeek.com)

For Office 2003 specifically: run Office’s maintenance/Detect & Repair or use Programs and Features → Change → Repair so Office rewrites required registry entries and shell handlers. If Inventor still can’t talk to Excel after a repair, re-register Excel/Word so their COM/file-association entries are rewritten. Example (run from Start→Run or a command prompt, modify the path if Office is installed elsewhere):

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\excel.exe" /regserver
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\winword.exe" /regserver

Repair first; re-register if associations are still wrong. (support.microsoft.com)

If you need an exact, working copy of the original system (programs, registry and all), use a proper disk image or cloning tool rather than file copy — or reinstall the apps from their installers. After repairing/reinstalling Office, test the Inventor→Excel link; if it still fails, run Inventor’s repair so it rebinds to Office.

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if you are talking about icons on your desktop then go to the actual programme files and create a shortcut from there to your desktop

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right click on the icon ,go properties and check the target /path

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