At 1/31/2007 02:13 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: >On 31 Jan 2007 at 13:57, Phil Daley wrote: > >> At 1/31/2007 01:40 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: >> >> >> You cannot modify zillions of files >> >> that you used to have access to. >> > >> >You don't *need* modify access to those files. Files you *need* >> >access to should be stored in your user profile, which is under your >> >full control. Any looser access to application and OS space is >> >dangerous. >> >> I AM talking about Documents and Settings, those files are now >> protected and non-modifiable. > >Which ones? Your document files or your application settings files?
Settings files >> >And why you would think it would be simple to transfer an >> application >to a new system by copying its application folder, I >> don't know. >Windows applciations have not existed as just files in >> an application >folder for, oh, I don't, 15 years? They depend on >> registry entries >and libraries stored in common locations, so you >> can't just copy the >app from one machine to another. >> >> I know how to. > >You mean you will go through the difficulty of hunting down the >missing DLLs and copying them somewhere, and, perhaps, exporting the >old registry keys for import into the new PC's registry? Been there, >done that -- it's much easier and more reliable (and safer) to just >run the application installer. I've never tried copying except when >the application installer was lost. Yep, no longer have the installer. Phil Daley < AutoDesk > http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
