MG> I am currently using The Bat! version 4.2.44.2 on a PC with a Windows 7 operating system.
MG> I received an error message this morning saying that my copy of MG> Windows 7 was not a genuine one. It is genuine and came loaded on my laptop from Dell. MG> I called Dell support, and after trying a number of other MG> workarounds, they've decided that my Windows 7 has become MG> corrupted--or at least some files on it have--and I need to have MG> the operating system reinstalled. MG> They will work with me on this, but obviously it means I'm going MG> to have to reinstall all my programs after the operating system is MG> re-done, and that includes The Bat! MG> My questions are three: MG> 1a. Will I be able to reinstall the same version of The Bat? It MG> has given me no problems, and I seem to be reading that people are MG> having problems with version 6. I still have the MG> thebat_pro_4-2-44.msi file from when I originally installed it and I do have my Key Block. MG> 1b. If I have to use a newer version of The Bat! are there any MG> changes I need to know about that will affect my ability to MG> retrieve my mail from the backups? MG> 2. What files will I need to back up? MG> ---My mail directory setting in Preferences lists: %APPDATA%\The MG> Bat!\ I assume this means my mail directory is in MG> C:\Users\MSG\AppData\Roaming\TheBat!\Janus1 where MSG is my user MG> name and Janus1 is my mail account name. I already back up my MG> Users\MSG directory every night to an online backup site called IBackup. MG> ---In addition, I do an automatic daily backup to a file called MG> C:\TheBatBackups\Batbackup2.tbk This daily backup is set to back MG> up all address books and all accounts. This also is sent every night to the IBackup site. MG> ---Is there anything else I need to back up in order to retrieve MG> all my mail after I reinstall TheBat!? MG> 3. After I reinstall TheBat! I will copy my backed up Users\MSG MG> file onto my computer. Do I also have to restore the .tbk file to MG> The Bat! or will just moving the previous User folder be enough? MG> Thanks for any help. Let the more knowledgeable chime in but there was a database change with v5 and if you run v5 or later, it is not backwardly compatible Back up your RIT reg key and put it in your mail folder then ARCHIVE it and move it somewhere off the machine, or at least the C:\ drive The Bat's backup can be flakey. I tried it and had about a third of the files unusable and unable to restore them Check your private mail in about 5 minutes for something that may make all this moot :) -- Rick All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man. --Jiddu Krishnamurti Version 6.2.14 (64-bit) on Windows 6.2 Build 9200 ________________________________________________ Current version is 6.1.8 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
