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Hi to all,Iam a new member of this forum and excited to begin my aventures 1 I have a ? ,I now have the Celestia Application installed on my old computer a P3 750MHz running Windows Me O/S ! I want to transfer it onto my new PC a Dell XPS400 2.8 Gig Dual Core runningg Windows XP MCE 2005 ? Can I use my thumb drive and simply move the foldr in the program files on new PC ,or will this leave me missing certain install fies that are placed in the registry ,plus the WinXP runs on the a differant file system then WinMe ? Thanks in advance to those who reply and again nice to meet everyone !
Take Care NicRic

NicRic,

Yes, you can transfer Celestia by copying its entire directory to your thumb drive and then copying its contents to your new system. XP can read the older Windows filesystems with no problems.

Yes, some registry features will be lost: Cel:URLs, CEL and CELX scripts won't be associated with Celestia on the new system.

For convenience, I'd suggest installing Celestia from scratch onto your new computer and then use your thumb drive to transfer your Addons.

The same Celestia installer works on all versions of Windows. If only your ME system currently has network access, you can download the newest version of Celestia's installer to that system and then use the thumb drive to move the installer to the new system.

Hi Selden,
Thank you very much for the reply to my ?'s ! I really appreciate your taking the time to reply .Idealy downloading the application for Celestia from scratch would be the way to go ,however Iam stilll stuck in the internet stoneage with a dial up ISP ! What I really need is to swich to a cable internet service or at the least DSL ! Right now its a monthly budget prob that includes a over spending wife and two young kids that are her little clones and my gadget obsession does'nt help either . Actually at work I have cable internet access ,so they woud not have any prob with my downloading the entire package to one of my three thumb drives (again gadet obsession rearing its head) You have a great day my friend .
Thanks Sincerely Nick

Nick,

You're very welcome.