Re: Lost Previous User Profile

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From: CILO (CILO_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/08/05 

Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 22:45:01 -0800

Thanks Johnf for your reply, however I have another question? I did do a new
install and I understand losing the profile, but why do I have MS Office on
the hardrive but have to re-install when I double click the icon within
Windows Exploer? I have no icons, therefore I have locate every program
through Windows Explorer, but I keep being prompted to re-install each
program; anyway around that?

"johnf" wrote:

> Did you do a new install or the other (correct) option "Repair/reinstall?
> If you did the first , you've lost the lot, as Install overwrites everything
> & gives you a new clean system.
> Also you'll now have to download & install the full SP2 as well - which is
> no big deal, just time consuming, as it's around 272MB.
>
> --
>
> johnf
>
> > Just re-installed XP, however, I lost all my settings and I believe I
> > lost my old user profile.
> >
> > My question is, how do I get XP to find my old settings and restore it
> > or get XP to recognized all the programs installed on my hardrive w/o
> > installing all of them again?
> >
> > Incidently, my restore point does not go back further than the last
> > installation date.
>
>
>

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