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My seven programs were on floppies, CDs and downloads saved to the hard drive. I was able to install two of them-I don't know why they worked this time. I installed a freeware prog from Tucows OK. I tried copying a complete CD and a complete floppy to the hard drive. The setup.exe files become shortcuts to the setup files on the A or D drives. The other files copied.

I have tried installing seven programs. All are windows programs that worked under Win 95. Four say they are NT compatible. If they were compatible with earlier versions of NT they should be compatible win Win 2000 Pro. They are not installing. I searched for the programs on the C drive and they aren't there. Most CDs don't open automatically. AL Unser Arcade racing opened automatically but it didn't install. With most programs the setup file won't open regardless of how I tried to open them. On one program the setup.exe file started opening and then I got a message saying some dll files were missing-a long list. On another program the setup program worked after many attempts. My installation was incomplete because I didn't have the serial number of the program. I found the serial number and uninstalled with the Add/Remove programs wizard. Now the setup program won't open. I was able to open a CD of consumer info. No programs to install there.

Thank you for your detailed questions. I feel lucky today! The Explorer program works. I browsed the CD drive one program and the floppy drive for another. I found the setup.exe files. The drives ran, but nothing happend when I tried opening when I tried opening the files by: 1. Double clicking 2. Right clicking and choosing OPEN 3. Using Run from the Start menu and then either D:\setup.exe or A:\setup.exe The drives run but no dialog box appears

I can't open programs from CD's, floppies, or downloaded programs. I don't get error messages. I was able to install Microsoft's application toolkit. My programs aren't big sellers-not written for NT. They aren't business apps or bandwidth intensive games-not fancy. The developer of one program said I should be able to install them by installing the *.exe file by running it, just like any other Windows program.

I have a new computer, from ABS Computers. I log in as Administrator. It allows me to have ablank password.

I tried installing an app on CD and it didn't work. Do apps have to have NT-specific installation programs? What about installing programs off the net?

I own a stand alone computer with WIN 2k Pro. I was going to fly it to a relative, but I couldn't do it because of the 9/11 attack, so I kept it. I need some basic help with adding new programs. Do I have to use the add new programs wizard? Is there any resource on the Net that would help? I've got the Dummies book for Win 2k. What do I do?