On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 11:19:08 -0400, Dennis Lee Bieber
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wlf...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 02:28:44 -0700 (PDT),
mvan...@onetel.com declaimed the
>following:
>
>>In XP I installed data and program all in the same folder for easy back-up and I did the same here (all in the program files (x86) directory in a folder named Eudora) - maybe that is a bad idea? I did install as administrator. If I have to use two different directories I have to separate out what are program and what are data files in my old Eudora folder before I transfer all the data to my new laptop, but that is another problem...
>>
> <sigh>
>
> Even in WinXP that was a bad idea... But XP didn't enforce separation
>of church&state (program vs user data) and allowed one to "unlock" the
>installation directory so user data could modify it.
>
> Win7 fully locks the program install directories -- Even an
>administration account has to confirm elevated privileges to modify those
>directories (it just doesn't have to resupply the password).
>
> BUT Win7 has a sort of virtualization system for really old programs.
>When a user account tries to modify a file in a program install directory,
>Win7 makes a /copy/ of it in a hidden user directory. As you've discovered,
>this isn't perfect -- sometimes those files go away and the next time you
>try to access you get a glitch as it has to be recreated from the "locked"
>version that is in the install directory.
>
> Recommendation:
>
> Copy your data files (all .mbx, .toc, any subdirectories you created to
>save mail in, the nndb, filters, and eudora.ini) to some place safe.
>
> Uninstall Eudora
>
> Purge the installation directory so nothing is left; purge the registry
>too...
>
> Install Eudora and let it create user data directories (should be
>something like: C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Roaming\Qualcomm\Eudora )
>
> Edit your old eudora.ini file so that anything with a file path is
>correct for the new configuration and drop it into the data directory.
>Start Eudora and recreate any archival mailboxes/directories. EXIT Eudora
>Then copy those saved data files (except the .ini that you did first) into
>the data directory where they should replace the empties you just created.
>If you are lucky your filters will not need to be recreated (if you didn't
>produce the same archival directories they may need to be edited).
Can't you just install the Eudora executable in its own,
non-program-files directory? That's what I have presently in WinXP...
no problems whatsoever.
...Jim Thompson
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