# Move Program From Laptop to Desktop

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-program-from-laptop-to-desktop/674813>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 26, 2013, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-program-from-laptop-to-desktop/674813 "2013-11-26T11:11:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-program-from-laptop-to-desktop/674813/1 "2013-11-26T11:11:09Z")

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I have a program on my laptop that I want to move to my desktop. I still have the key code but the disk is gone forever. (Lost) The program is Excel 2010, both computers are connected to the internet. Is this move possible?

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**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-program-from-laptop-to-desktop/674813/2 "2013-11-26T11:34:05Z")

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[http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office\_2010-excel/lost-excel-2010-installation-cd/90c8d881-a3c2-4c7f-ad13-258db40b452c](http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-excel/lost-excel-2010-installation-cd/90c8d881-a3c2-4c7f-ad13-258db40b452c)

first link i got by googling “lost excel disc”. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-program-from-laptop-to-desktop/674813/3 "2013-11-26T14:09:50Z")

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Thanks _ **so** _ much shijinn! Everything worked perfectly. I’m amazed that I didn’t think to use google, but what the heck, I’m 74 yrs old. (CRS, can’t remember shite) 😃

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**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-program-from-laptop-to-desktop/674813/4 "2013-11-26T14:57:06Z")

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well in that case Google is still relatively new! i still remember the time before the Internet, and it still amazes me sometimes how easy it is to search for shite now.

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-program-from-laptop-to-desktop/674813/5 "2013-11-26T15:16:03Z")

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And so of course upon reading this I had to google “shite” to see what would come up. The first hit was from the Urban Dictionary, which defines it as “a very british and therefore great way of saying shit. shite sounds much more effective than shit.”