Transfering a downloaded program

You downloaded an .exe or .zip file which then installed itself to your hard drive. Use "find files or folders" to locate this file in your hard drive "usually in a folder called downloads and then copy this file to some type of portable media. If you are trying to relocate the installed program to a different folder on your computer you need to uninstall it and try to control where it is installed during installation. Some programs do not give you that option. As for the files that were installed in various locations on your hard disk they are system files and need to be where the program installed tham.

I have seen this with several web distributed programs.
When you run the small installer program, most of them have an option in the advanced configuration to save files locally.
You may need to run the install on another PC in order to enable thesave files locally option.
Then, you just copy the folder with the files onto a CD, and proceed to install it from there on other PCs.
I have done this with the last few versions of IE, and Netscape 6X.

You might check the FAQ section at the website for the particular program to see what they recommend.

There are many problems with trying to "transport" an installed application.
Not the least of which is extracting and applying the required changes to the registry and other system files.
Also, many programs have different install files for different versions of Windows.

On-Track's System Suite has a tool to "transfer" applications. I have not tried it myself, so I cannot attest to how well it functions.

Chas

One of the programs I installed is an ActiveX control which is too big to install every time I need it on diffrent computers.How can I move this ActiveX control which is installed in "Downloaded program files" folder?