Patent ID: 7376946
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A program management method executed on a system for processing information on a storage medium having a rewritable area in which programs arc recorded, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining management information on the programs recorded on the storage medium; wherein the management information includes a path name, a substitute path name and environment information for specifying the system in use; displaying types of the programs on a display device so that selection is permitted; updating the management information of a program that is not selected as selection-not-permitted; setting the program that was set as selection-not-permitted so that the program is set as selection-not-permitted, on the display device, based on the management information; deleting the program set as selection-not-permitted in the management information; obtaining information for specifying an operation environment of the system for processing the information on the storage medium; determining whether or not the environment information matches the obtained information for specifying the operation environment of the system; starting, when the environment information matches the obtained information for specifying the operation environment of the system, a program indicated by the path name; and starting, when the environment information does not match the obtained information for specifying the operation environment of the system, a program indicated by the substitute path name.