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Installing The Same Program Twice?


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How do I install the same program twice without the installer finding it already installed?

I have a program I want to install on another drive on my computer but when I try it already finds it installed in C:

When I run the install I get:

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I want to install it on the second drive so I can test the update without changing my first install.

Hope this makes sense to someone

Thx

-Jay

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Installers might have switches that let you do that, but I don't know what they are. You can usually extract most installers using Winrar, or 7-Zip, or Universal Extractor: http://www.legroom.net/software/uniextract

and then run the app directly from inside the extracted folders, without actually installing it. That doesn't always work because some apps need to copy certain files to the system folder, but give this trick a try anyway since it doesn't modify anything on your system.

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