How can I dual-boot Vista and Windows 7 w/o reinstalling my programs? -

I have installed Win7 and Vista on separate partitions, I don t want to reinstall these on Win7, but I need access to them on Win7, I know I could probably launch them by navigating to the folders where they are installed but I d rather have them in the start menu and so forth.

A separate partition is treated as a separate drive. If you want your programs on Windows 7, you need to install them. There is no shortcut.