The standard J installation puts ~user outside of ~install so as to preserve it on uninstall.
Also, we only suggested a reinstall. J does not touch the registry, so the easy thing to do is rename the old J802 folder as a backup before installing again. BTW, backing up every few weeks is asking for trouble. Why not backup every day? On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Mike Day <[email protected]> wrote: > I took you at your word and uninstalled J802 ready to reinstall from > scratch, taking the precaution of renaming user as user802 so it wouldn't > get overwritten or deleted. I did consider setting it as read-only but > thought better of it. Admittedly, my user folder sits under j802 rather > than in j802-user or whatever. > > To my horror, I saw all user802 files and folders deleted. Luckily I do > have a back-up disk which is a few weeks old, but I've lost all recent > stuff. > Luckily (!?) I was smart enough to copy addons and profile....ijs to > another area, to save time reinstating them later. > > I thought (obviously wrongly) that uninstalls usually left user-defined > files and folders untouched. > > It might be worth warning other users of this feature. > > Now to see what goes wrong with install... > > Mike > > > > On 20/06/2014 03:03, chris burke wrote: > >> A new 802 beta is available for most platforms. As before, install from >> http://www.jsoftware.com/download/j802/install. >> >> Please try reinstalling from scratch, thanks. >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2014.0.4592 / Virus Database: 3972/7708 - Release Date: 06/19/14 >> >> >> > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4592 / Virus Database: 3972/7708 - Release Date: 06/19/14 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
