first of all, thanks for the replys...
Quote: Originally Posted by
Brink 
Hi TaZz,
Since you installed your programs on E: instead of C: , that would be why you lost all associations to them during the upgrade reinstall.
i thought the general idea of the upgrade installation is not to reinstall vista and create a new user account? this is what i thought and because of that im thinking, that something went wrong yesterday.
i inserted the dvd while vista was running and after that, not a single point was like in the tutorial, which i mentioned above (
Repair Install For Vista). first the setup asked me on which partition i want to install vista - i choose obviously the same, where my old vista was installed.
then i got a message, that there are still some windows files on C:, which are going to be moved to Windows.old and then the installation begun.
i thought, that is not what i want and tried to cancel the installation, when i got the message, that i wont be able to install or upgrade (!!! - this is what i wanted and why i didnt abort it) vista. so i was sitting here and waiting for the installation to finish, ending up with a hole new vista and user account - never had the chance to choose something like upgrade installation.
i'm describing this so detailed, because i want to prevent a misunderstanding, that u think, i successfully made a upgrade installation and the associations got lost because of the different partitions. nope, i just made a new installation...
i really have no clue, why it went this way but i guess its too late now...
now im looking at a lot of files and dont know, how they are linked together...
for example, i got the folder "ProgramData" in Windows.old, which has folders/files from programs from E:, i got AppData in Windows.old\users\old_user\, which cointains folders/files from programs of E: - all useless and ignore them?
just try to run them on E: and do what it takes to make them run / hope they recreate their registry keys?
other point about the user settings..
1. the old and the new user name are almost the same - despite the fact, that the first letter from the new one is written in upper case
a. should i try to replace the new one or
b. should i try to move it to users, so that they are coexisting and i will be able to log in the old one?
2. damn, now i forgot the 2nd point, when thinking about the 1st...
actually im installing the few programs, which were installed on C: - i guess, there should be no big deal in installing them on E:?