On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:30:34 -0800, Peer <nob...@nowhere.net> wrote: >Any suggestions?
>Thanks!
Grab the whole Agent folder and paste it into the C: directory. Don't put it into the program folder. When Agent starts it'll ask you if you want to move the data file; say no and keep it where it is. It works really well on Win7.
On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:30:34 -0800, Peer <nob...@nowhere.net> wrote: >Any suggestions?
>Thanks!
More info. There will be multiple users of win7. I therefore want to put the idx/dat files per user in their own directory space, what used to be referred to under WinXP as:
Documents and Settings / usr / Application Data / Agent / idx&dat files
What's the equivalent in Win7? I'm new to Win7 obviously, and googling this newsgroup didn't help with this qu.
On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:39:25 +0000, flytip...@ymail.com wrote: >On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:30:34 -0800, Peer <nob...@nowhere.net> wrote:
>>Any suggestions?
>>Thanks!
>Grab the whole Agent folder and paste it into the C: directory. >Don't put it into the program folder. When Agent starts it'll ask >you if you want to move the data file; say no and keep it where >it is. It works really well on Win7.
So you're suggesting an Agent data directory in C: for each user? I don't think so.
When Agent starts, it asks you if you want to move the data file? I've not seen this question when I start it.
On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:42:58 -0800, Peer <nob...@nowhere.net> wrote: >On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:39:25 +0000, flytip...@ymail.com wrote:
>>On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:30:34 -0800, Peer <nob...@nowhere.net> wrote:
>>>Any suggestions?
>>>Thanks!
>>Grab the whole Agent folder and paste it into the C: directory. >>Don't put it into the program folder. When Agent starts it'll ask >>you if you want to move the data file; say no and keep it where >>it is. It works really well on Win7.
>So you're suggesting an Agent data directory in C: for each user? I >don't think so.
I didn't realise you were going to have multiple users for this program. I don't know how to set it up for multiple users.
>When Agent starts, it asks you if you want to move the data file? I've >not seen this question when I start it.
>Can you clarify?
Well, that's what it asked me. When using XP I moved the data folder from the 'application folder' and put it into the Agent folder, keeping it all together, and that's the way I copied it onto Win7.
On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:40:36 -0800, Peer <nob...@nowhere.net> wrote: >On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:30:34 -0800, Peer <nob...@nowhere.net> wrote:
>>Any suggestions?
>>Thanks!
>More info. There will be multiple users of win7. I therefore want to >put the idx/dat files per user in their own directory space, what used >to be referred to under WinXP as:
>Documents and Settings / usr / Application Data / Agent / idx&dat files
>What's the equivalent in Win7? I'm new to Win7 obviously, and googling >this newsgroup didn't help with this qu.
>Thanks
Just let Agent install with the defaults. It'll create data folders in the 'correct' place as per MS suggestions, which in Windows7 is the same as Vista, underneath each user's home folder.
Cheers - Jaimie -- I was most impressed when I looked up into the London sky and saw a star through all the light pollution. A few of us checked some astronomy references to try and identify it, and we're reasonably confident that it was Sol. -- Peter Corlett, asr
>>On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:30:34 -0800, Peer <nob...@nowhere.net> wrote:
>>>Any suggestions?
>>>Thanks!
>>More info. There will be multiple users of win7. I therefore want to >>put the idx/dat files per user in their own directory space, what used >>to be referred to under WinXP as:
>>Documents and Settings / usr / Application Data / Agent / idx&dat files
>>What's the equivalent in Win7? I'm new to Win7 obviously, and googling >>this newsgroup didn't help with this qu.
>>Thanks
>Just let Agent install with the defaults. It'll create data folders in >the 'correct' place as per MS suggestions, which in Windows7 is the >same as Vista, underneath each user's home folder.
And indeed Agent installation did put the data folders in the 'correct' place--thanks to everyone for their help!
>And indeed Agent installation did put the data folders in the 'correct' >place--thanks to everyone for their help!
If "Correct" is anywhere on C:, you're going to lose your data if/when the system goes South and you need to re-install or re-image. It will probably survive a "repair" but nothing stronger.
Having a teenager that pounds on my PCs a couple hours every day - with the consequent need to re-image frequently; I find it's worth the time/trouble to keep all data on a separate "D:" drive - whether it's a partition of the system disc or a separate drive altogether.
My #2 daughter's PC recently had it's system drive cough up it's guts and die. Haven't gotten down there yet, but I'm hoping against hope that she's still keeping her Outlook DB on the D drive where I put it at install time. -- PeteCresswell
>Per Peer: >>And indeed Agent installation did put the data folders in the 'correct' >>place--thanks to everyone for their help!
>If "Correct" is anywhere on C:, you're going to lose your data >if/when the system goes South and you need to re-install or >re-image. It will probably survive a "repair" but nothing >stronger.
>Having a teenager that pounds on my PCs a couple hours every day >- with the consequent need to re-image frequently; I find it's >worth the time/trouble to keep all data on a separate "D:" drive >- whether it's a partition of the system disc or a separate drive >altogether.
>My #2 daughter's PC recently had it's system drive cough up it's >guts and die. Haven't gotten down there yet, but I'm hoping >against hope that she's still keeping her Outlook DB on the D >drive where I put it at install time.
so why not cross link the users directories onto another drive?
Work does this to all the imaged laptops they give out..... -- Regards
>so why not cross link the users directories onto another drive?
>Work does this to all the imaged laptops they give out.....
At first that went right over my head.
But then I figured that "cross link" means putting directories like "MyDocuments" on another drive.
If that's the case, they're right on the money - and, given that there's an easy way to do that, it sounds like a much simpler way to accomplish the same thing. -- PeteCresswell
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