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I agree with @mrgeek and his analysis. I was going to recommend that very thing and the same tutorial but he beat me to it. I just recently ran this with my production PC (has over 200 apps and applications installed) and it made it through the process unscathed. You will have to reset some preferences after performing this procedure but your apps and applications should be intact.
HTH, and good luck!
--Ed--