How do I install a program from Desktop (SOLVED)

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

GIMP Version: 2.6.11
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: Windows 7 (64)
GIMP Experience: Intermediate Level

I have Gimp 2.7.3 in a folder on my desktop. Inside the folder there are no install.exe files. I would like to put it in my C:\Program Files.

Q: If I dragged the James-stuff (Gimp 2.7.3) folder into Program Files (x86), would that work? If I were to go to Control Panel, would it show up there as a Program?

Thanks for any help ahead of time.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16173

James install is a portable so anywhere you place it it will work.Just place it in your program directory and right click the exe file and select create shortcut on desktop.
The program can then be opened from your desktop.

Moving the program to your programs folder will not make it show in control panel.
But you can simply move or delete the program anytime you want and the system will not be changed.Just make sure you update your shortcut (if there is one).

alc59 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 04, 2011 8:15 am **(#3)**

i downloaded it from here
and it put it in program folder, 2.6.11 is in programs (x86) folder

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I already have it installed on my desktop in a folder called James-stuff. I want to know if I dragged it into Programs (x86) folder, would it work from there?

Willy · **Posted:** Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:03 am **(#5)**

molly yes it should work from there, as long as it is a 32 bit install

alc59 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:22 am **(#6)**

if it's a portable version it won't install gimp, you just run the exe from the folder

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Yeah, I didn't know it was portable. Stupid me. Anyway, I put a shortcut on the desktop so all is fine.

alc59 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:43 am **(#8)**

okay good
i have my desktop icons hid (too many icons, looks messy)
i pinned my gimps (shortcuts) to the task bar, one is 2.6.11 and the other is 2.7.3

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I have nothing on my desktop except the weather and the date. Nothing in the taskbar. I have everything in Fences,

alc59 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:46 pm **(#10)**

did you make that picture?..your in the great white north, i'm down here in limestone,ny

the only fences i have are the ones behind my house (my sisters have horses)

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

OOO I see, you are just at the border between NY and Pennsylvania. Our route to SC and Florida were always straight down I-81 from the Thousand Island Bridge through Binghamton, Scranton etc.. then down I-77 south.
No I didn't make the picture, took it off a slide show. I love those horses, they are beautiful.
Fences is software you use to tidy up your desktop.

alc59 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 04, 2011 3:13 pm **(#12)**

i'll have to look into fences, i hide the icons so i can see a picture of the fox.
Wildlife in my backyard

2-ton · **Posted:** Sun Sep 04, 2011 8:16 pm **(#13)**

Aw, the fox is adorable, much cuter than the coyotes we have seen in our back 40. And fences sound interesting, wonder if they have it for a mac, my desktop is almost full because I don't know how to find or retrieve files in a mac very well, so I put them on my desktop until I am done with them.

*just checked, not for a mac. There is probably something already built in to do something similar but I just haven't found it yet.