Re: WHERE ARE MY MACROS?

The icons on the desktop are only shortcuts to start the programs. They
don't contain any of the customizations, most of which are stored in
templates (especially the Normal.dot template) and some of which are (or
were) in the registry. The IT guy was completely wrong. None of that stuff
is automatically transferred. And unless you had a backup, reinstalling
Windows has permanently wiped it and you'll have to start from scratch.

Here's some required reading, for you and for the IT guy:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/WhatTemplatesStore.htm
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/DataKeySettings.htm
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm

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Val wrote:
I dragged & dropped the icons from the desktop into our F: or network
drive. I then dragged & dropped them back after I reinstalled the
operating system in that one PC. I also had to reinstall MS Office
2003, of course, but our IT guy thought all of the Word settings
would have transferred back. None of the fonts, margins, or anything
transferred back. That's why I'm thinking maybe all of the macros or
templates are gone, too. Does that seem right?

"Tony Jollans" wrote:

What exactly did you copy to your network server? And did you copy
it back again to the same place?

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Enjoy,
Tony

"Val" <Val@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C6B9DA1D-EFDF-4172-97AF-3C94ADC85E3C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I copied my Macros to our network server because I had to reinstall
my operating system, thus my MS Office, too. I can't seem to find
the macros again. Any suggestions? The macro folder seems to be
empty.


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