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10-15-2007
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| | Windows.old Folder I have a computer which was built by a company that sells parts. I paid them to build it from scratch. They only guaranteed the hardware, but they installed Vista Ultimate to make it complete. It slowly had more problems each day. I didn't know about this site. Finally, I decided to start over with the beginning -- install Vista and all my programs! When I "finished," I observed that I had a folder labeled windows.old. In the meantime, I realized that I had forgotten to installed another program that had extra things on it. I decided to find out if windows.old would help. Does anyone know how you can move a sub-folder from windows.old (Vista) to the folder "Program Files" and make it work? I am still (again) running Vista. |
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10-15-2007
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| | Re: Windows.old Folder Hi richdavid, You can't. Programs need to be installed from the original installation media in order to create necessary registry entries, environmental variables, and have program files placed in the system folders. Without these, the program will not be able to run. The Windows.old folder houses the old installation where you can access data files from the previous installation, but that's about all it is good for (actually, there is a method for restoring the old installation from it, but that is not its purpose). -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com "richdavid" <richdavid@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:0DB8E124-56D2-41A7-9752-BE7E8D3F89D6@xxxxxx Quote: >I have a computer which was built by a company that sells parts. I paid >them > to build it from scratch. They only guaranteed the hardware, but they > installed Vista Ultimate to make it complete. It slowly had more problems > each day. I didn't know about this site. Finally, I decided to start > over > with the beginning -- install Vista and all my programs! When I > "finished," > I observed that I had a folder labeled windows.old. In the meantime, I > realized that I had forgotten to installed another program that had extra > things on it. I decided to find out if windows.old would help. Does > anyone > know how you can move a sub-folder from windows.old (Vista) to the folder > "Program Files" and make it work? I am still (again) running Vista. > > |
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10-15-2007
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| | Re: Windows.old Folder Thanks. I suspected that. David "Rick Rogers" wrote: Quote: > Hi richdavid, > > You can't. Programs need to be installed from the original installation > media in order to create necessary registry entries, environmental > variables, and have program files placed in the system folders. Without > these, the program will not be able to run. The Windows.old folder houses > the old installation where you can access data files from the previous > installation, but that's about all it is good for (actually, there is a > method for restoring the old installation from it, but that is not its > purpose). > > -- > Best of Luck, > > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ > Windows help - www.rickrogers.org > My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com > > "richdavid" <richdavid@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:0DB8E124-56D2-41A7-9752-BE7E8D3F89D6@xxxxxx Quote: > >I have a computer which was built by a company that sells parts. I paid > >them > > to build it from scratch. They only guaranteed the hardware, but they > > installed Vista Ultimate to make it complete. It slowly had more problems > > each day. I didn't know about this site. Finally, I decided to start > > over > > with the beginning -- install Vista and all my programs! When I > > "finished," > > I observed that I had a folder labeled windows.old. In the meantime, I > > realized that I had forgotten to installed another program that had extra > > things on it. I decided to find out if windows.old would help. Does > > anyone > > know how you can move a sub-folder from windows.old (Vista) to the folder > > "Program Files" and make it work? I am still (again) running Vista. > > > > > |
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