Re[3]: Recovering from a crash....
Hello Jeff, On Friday, September 3, 2004, 10:12:56 AM, you wrote: > Hello Roelof, [snipped] > The long term answer would be for Ritlabs to keep TB!'s settings in an > ini file instead of the registry - I think MS have been recommending > for a couple of years that application specific settings are kept in > ini files (or perhaps XML files nowadays). I have just realised that TB! was using an American spell checker so I downloaded the International pack and installed it. After re-starting I couldn't find the option for 'English'. Guess what? TB! installed it in Program Files and not into my Bat installation folder (on D:). What value the registry now? -- Best wishes Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK Current version is 3.00.00 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[3]: Recovering from a crash....
> (c) MS started to recommend individual configuration files some time > back, surely we all do what MS says without question ;-) If only they did it themselves! Do what I say, but not what I do... And more than that... their apps settings are scattered a bit everywhere in the Registry. I think that the "one branch stores it all" approach Ritlabs took is not that bad. If only they could replace their so called included backup/restore feature by a simple copy/restore all TheBat! files, along with a per-user registry backup & restore, you would'nt see anyone complaining that their backup is corrupted anymore. I can't think of a serious TB! user using the integrated backup feature. -- Denis Current version is 3.00.00 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[3]: Recovering from a crash....
Saturday, September 4, 2004, 2:13:09 AM, you wrote: JG> (a) Anybody who touches *my* computer gets their JG> fingers chopped off! rotfl! That's my position :-) Lynn TBv.2.12.00 NT5 SP4 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]* * *Aun Aprendo I'd rather be WARP'ed* * * Team OS/2 http://www.turriff.net Current version is 3.00.00 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[3]: Recovering from a crash....
Hello Jeff, On Friday, September 3, 2004, 12:48:26 PM, you wrote: > Hello Roelof, > On Friday, September 3, 2004, 11:39:38 AM, you wrote: >> Hallo Jeff, >> On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 10:12:56 +0100GMT (3-9-2004, 11:12 +0200, where I >> live), you wrote: JG>>> I have been following this thread with some interest as I have to do a JG>>> re-install of XP soon. JG>>> The long term answer would be for Ritlabs to keep TB!'s settings in an JG>>> ini file instead of the registry >> I'd prefer that myself, but there's a workaround. >> You can save TB's registry settings to disk, that way you can import >> it when you've installed XP again. Sionce you're planning to do a >> re-install you can prepare yourself properly. >> It can also be automated by using a .bat file with a command like >> this: >> c:\windows\regedit.exe /e c:\thebat.reg HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RIT >> Adjust the path settings to your preferences. > I never fail to be amazed by command line wizards who can achieve in > 10 seconds what it would take hours to do any other way :-) > That's brilliant - I used it for XanaNews as well so I can re-install > my news reader the same way. > Many thanks! Just a follow up to say I have set up a new PC, copied TB! over, ran the reg files and I'm in business :-) Thanks again Roelof. -- Best wishes Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK Current version is 3.00.00 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[3]: Recovering from a crash....
Friday, September 3, 2004, 2:12:56 AM, you wrote: JG> Agent does this and, since I keep all my 'well JG> behaved' apps on the D: JG> drive, after an OS re-install they are all available JG> for immediate JG> use, since they don't need any registry settings to JG> work. It would certainly be a godsend if they'd all do that; I had to reload the system recently, too, but I am a *long* way from getting my apps all reinstalled .. and as you say, they are all sitting intact on the D partition, but unusable. Lynn TBv.2.12.00 NT5 SP4 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]* * *Aun Aprendo I'd rather be WARP'ed* * * Team OS/2 http://www.turriff.net Current version is 3.00.00 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[3]: Recovering from a crash....
Hi, >> It's been awhile since I used Ghost, but wasn't it possible to read >> those images like they drives themselves? > Correct. But because the new hardware windows refused to boot. > (drivers problems etc) So I had to reinstall windows. The repair > windows option didn't work either. So Ghost won't help in this > case. It sure will. Using Ghost Explorer, you can browse and access your old files. Just install TheBat! as your did before, copy your old directory over it (don't forget to copy the BayesIt directory located in your old Documents and Settings\\Application Data folder so that you don't have to train your spam filter again), and you're done ! You will get almost all your TheBat! settings (and data) back. The only thing missing will be to re-register it (the registration data is stored in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER branch). -- Denis Current version is 3.00.00 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
