Sunday, August 7, 2005, 1:24:54 PM, you wrote: [] > Exactly. You copy the contents of the old account folder (your old "John > Doe" directory) over the contents of the new account directory.
> But wait! > Before you copy the old files over the new files, *please* back up the > *new* files to a different location, so that - once you have found the > problematic account - you can go back to the set of new files by copying > them over again. Okay, I did that. Thanks for the warning! > And btw. - when you copy the old account folders and their subfolders back > into place, you'll also restore your old messages (and eventually will find > your original TB registration message). I assume that just by copying the "old" account folder (e.g., "John Doe) each account's subfolder(s) will tag a long, right? >>>4.When you found the problematic account, try to remove/rename the >>>account configuration files (account.xxx) one by one. You will >>>eventually find the configuration file that is causing the problems. >> Okay. I find 6 "account configuration files (account.xxx) in the "old" >> Bat file. >> Account.~FLB >> Account.CFG >> Account.CFN >> Account.FLB >> Account.FLX >> Account.SRB >> I assume those are the "account configuration files" that you're referring >> too? > Correct, those are the files. If there are more in one or the other > directory (for example, a file "account.qtn" contains the Quick Templates, > if you have any), copy all of them. >> What if I end up with the same problem that brought me here in the >> first place? > Of course the old & corrupted file we're trying to find will not work again > all of a sudden. :-) But that means I'll either need more beer, or a medic experienced in CPR. I don't even want to think about it. > At one point when you copied over another set of configuration files, your > TB *will* hang again for sure. At this point, you know now which account > contains the faulty configuration file. > If that happens, you go back to the new set of configuration files you > backed up before. Then move the old files back again, but this time, not > all at once, but one after the other. I'm confused. What do you mean by "not all at once"? I wouldn't have copied them over "all at once" before, but one at a time. And what do you mean by "move the old files back again"? And back where? "Old," as in the files from "old" TB that wouldn't load? If I move one of them to the "new" TB, and TB won't load (like before) isn't that the only one that needs to be removed/renamed, because I can re-create it from scratch again? The way I see it, I'm, at best, going to lose at least one Account's configuration files (provided only one Account is corrupted), right? <sigh> > Copy one configuration file, restart > TB, still works? Quit TB, copy the next configuration file, restart TB, > still works? And so on... until you've found the faulty file. > There still one more thing you may be missing when you're thru all this: > your address book, and your common filters. Those are not in any of the > account directories, but in the root "Mail" directory. Be sure to copy > these old files back, too. I've got that covered, believe it or not. Because I keep a copy of the address book on another copy of TB (and recently purchased, too, thank you very much, Mr. Phillips) that I use at the office. >> I need a beer... > I don't have any beer at home right now, a glass of red wine maybe? Actually, Alexander, I need whisky. A huge bottle of whisky. I'm afraid that I'm going to screw this up royally. -- Best regards, Jack ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
