Re: corrupted files

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 11/01/04 

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 21:53:42 -0500

Hi,

Did you simply copy the program files, then copy them back after the clean
installation?

If so, then that is the problem. The program(s) must be INSTALLED under the
operating system. Only installing creates necessary registry entries and
adds needed files to the system folders. When you did a clean install, you
wiped those out.

You can save data files the way you did, but not programs. They must be
reinstalled from the original installation media. 

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
<ng@n0sq.us> wrote in message 
news:yshhd.626$O11.339@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> Rick "Nutcase" Rogers wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> How did you back them up and how are you trying to restore them? And why?
>>
>
> I sent them over my local network to my Linux server. Programs such as
> adaware, etc. I just reinstalled an OS on my laptop and when I retrieved
> the files via ftp, none of them worked. I got error messages that stated
> that the files are not valid Win32 files.
>
>
>
>

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