In general, copying one updated program rather than
all of them is not optimal, as I guess you realise.
Incidentally, what I periodically do is copy the entire c:\ado folder from
my desktop to my laptop. Partly I do this because, for some unknown
reason, -findit- and other Internet-related commands do not work on my
laptop. But, it is also a way of keeping your machines in sync so you have
the same programs installed on each. You do need to be careful that
profile.do and possibly other customized routines will work ok on both
machines.