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Old 08-09-2007   #9 (permalink)
Michael Solomon


 
 

Re: moving files



"ken" <ken@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:552F9BAF-EFE2-4020-B21E-261595A669AC@microsoft.com...
> Michael, probably good advice. I'll stick with copying and pasting.
> Thanks for your help.
>
> "Michael Solomon" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "ken" <ken@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:0BB1A459-6182-4163-BDA2-80D88776FE1B@microsoft.com...
>> > Steve, I'm sorry but these tired old must be more tired than I thought.
>> > I
>> > do
>> > not see any file attached.
>> >
>> > "Steve Easton" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> "ken" <ken@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:E8B365C9-D9CE-40F0-A4A6-E836380C09CB@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Michael,thanks for the quick reply but I don't see an attached file.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Scroll down and copy paste what he posted into notepad and save it
>> >> with
>> >> the .reg extension.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> Steve Easton
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>

>> Maybe it has something to do with the fact you appear to be viewing and
>> posting from the Web interface as opposed to using an e-mail client. I'm
>> not sure because I'm not using the web interface at this time.
>>
>> Just a note of caution about "Moving." Many years ago, early in my
>> Windows
>> experience so it might have been Windows 3.1 I opted to move a bunch of
>> files at once to a different folder or drive and hit a glitch and lost a
>> sizable chunk of those files. I scrounged around and managed to get most
>> of
>> them back off of backups but it wasn't easy. The lesson, for me anyway,
>> always Copy. Then, if something goes wrong, you've lost nothing. You
>> can
>> always delete the originals after a successful copy but if you move and
>> something goes wrong, you've lost the originals as well and it may be a
>> real
>> chore getting them back, if at all.
>>
>> --
>> Michael Solomon
>> Backup is a PC user's best friend
>> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>>
>>

You're welcome, Ken, good luck.

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Michael Solomon
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