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Date:	Fri, 27 Jul 2001 18:23:45 PDT
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Desktop bye-bye

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Steven,

Thanks for the info on the files to backup. I knew about the Desktop
tree, but what do the files, scenter.cfg and dock*.cfg, do?

Incidently, I use Sentry, from the Gamma Tech utilities, to backup the
Desktop tree, OS2.INI, OS2SYS.INI and CONFIG.SYS. It's easy to do with
Sentry. You can program it to backup specific files and you can have
timed backups, if you wish. You can also use Sentry to guard certain
files from modification.

Just a thought!

HCMotin
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Steven Levine wrote:
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> In <3B614551.70ED@peterskye.com>, on 07/27/01
> at 03:42 AM, Peter Skye said:
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> >Summary: Lost my desktop, restoring OS2.INI and OS2SYS.INI from backup
> >didn't fix it, Object ReCreator didn't fix it. I need to know what
> >additional files need to be restored from my backups to bring back the
> >Desktop.
>
> You need to restore the entire \Desktop tree.
>
> In case you don't know, all the desktop backup solutions that work backup:
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> - the tree
> - os2.ini
> - os2sys.ini
> - scenter.cfg
> - dock*.cfg
>
> Some also backup config.sys and autoexec.bat, but that's not as critical.
>
> > OS2.INI file. An attempt will be made to
> > create a temporary directory. If this
> > fails, an OS/2 window will be displayed.
>
> This just is the WPS's way of saying your WPS setup is hosed.
>
> >still no Desktop (same error message). I *know* these backups are good
> >-- I rebooted just a few hours ago and the Desktop came up fine.
>
> However, are they sufficient?
>
> >What file(s) am I missing that need to be restored from my backups?
>
> See above.
>
> Steven
>
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