Noel
I am a programmer; there's no reason to store stuff that's application specific
in the registry, the only stuff that needs to go in to it are things that other
program particular the operation system components (e.g. the info relating to
uninstall so in there), At least that's how interpret MS's guidance to
developers.
I hope it gives you satisfaction to know your posts are still being read and
appreciated.
I'll be using the process in this thread as part of recovering a seriously
infect XP system
Urbane.Tiger
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." -
Winston Churchill
-------- Original Message --------
Quote:
> You're welcome. I can't see the difference, either, why some
> settings (eg. accounts) are kept in the file system while others are
> stored in the registry, but then, I'm no programmer. But I'd have
> thought it would be possible to write all settings to an .ini file
> in the Store folder, which could then be written to the registry on
> start-up. It's also a pain after a reinstall having to go through
> all the Options again. Then, a simple backup of that folder would
> archive *everything* - accounts, settings, rules and messages.
>
> Noel
>
> "Spicester" <spicester@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:e8TUI9RAIHA.4444@xxxxxx Quote:
> > Thanks Noel.
> >
> > I'll give that a try. You think they could make an easier option
> > in the actual software for that, rather than having to go in to
> > the registry.
> >
> > "Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:eTluA4RAIHA.4496@xxxxxx Quote:
> >> Spicester wrote...
> >>>
> >>> Does anyone know of a way to backup your message rules? It's
> >>> frustrating if
> >>> you do a clean install of WLM to have to create all your message
> >>> rules again,
> >>> especially when you can import your previous account settings
> >>> and messages.
> >>> Surely there must be an easy way of also importing your previous
> >>> message
> >>> rules.
> >>>
> >> regedit > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail\Rules, then
> >> File
> >>> Export.
> >> --
> >> Noel
> > --