11/3 In Windows XP, how can I trace all the files called by an executable?
I'm trying to run Quicken off of my USB thumbdrive by doing this:
1. Installed a copy (I bought at Fry's) on XPProAtHome machine.
2. Copied executables to USB thumbdrive.
3. Used SysInternal's procexp.exe to see what files qw.exe used when
it was running on XPProAtHome.
4. Copied some additional dll's and other files that procexp.exe
highlighted to USB thumbdrive.
5. Copied additional dll's and other files to appropriate directories
on XPProAtWork machine.
6. Ran qw.exe off the thumbdrive using XPProAtWork.
7. Quicken hangs at splash screen.
Apparently, just copying the executables and additional dll's and files
is not sufficient. Procexpe.exe also highlighted some registry keys in
use on the XPProAtHome machine, but I haven't tried copying those to
the registry in XPProAtWork yet. Before I do that, is this even
feasible? I googled on 'tracing files called by executables' but the
results mostly relate to networking issues. Any help is appreciated.
\_ try filemon?
\_ Why not mount the drive then install onto it? Doesn't Quicken ask
where you want to install it?
\_ But it will still modify the registry of the target machine,
right? So will it run if I try to take it to another machine?
-op
\_ Oh, probably... why not just put your data files on the thumb
drive? Why do you actually need the bins there?
\_ Yes, I plan on putting my data files on the thumbdrive too.
I want to put the binaries on there so that I can run it
on any PC without having to install it on that PC. |