On Fri, April 9, 2010 21:51, Jeremy wrote:
> concepts wrote:
>> Well that seems to have worked! But, now I must go chasing for all those
>> usefull filters again...
>>
>> I also removed all the attached software; sane, dcraw, etc... :-(
>>
>> Thank you all.
> I'd be careful installing them this time, do it one at a time so you
> know what broke it in first place.
>
> A useful trick is to not delete user settings folders, but to rename
> them instead. A new folder will be created and you can copy your old
> settings to it if you want.
>
> Purge/completely remove is badly named I think. It makes sense for
> server type stuff, where config files really are purged, but for user
> apps it does not do what the name suggests.
>
> Jeremy
> _______________________________________________
Thank you for clarifying that, but it does ask if *you do want to dump* the
settings folder oddly  enough!
Also I just remember as I was reading this, I actually do have a copy of
everything, on one of the lap-tops!
But still, that does not indicate WHY it occured in the first place! And why
on only one of the two identical set-ups!

André.

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