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to: Dieter Mirbach
from: John Tserkezis
date: 1997-05-14 16:06:50
subject: Windows pain

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Hello Dieter,

 DM> During my brief absence, a gremlin has snuck into my PC, rendering
 DM> my WfWG install useless. Not that it was that great to start
 DM> with, but it worked. Most of the time. Until now, that is.

 DM> When I boot WfWG, the program manager starts, but there are no
 DM> program groups, and there is an error, "Progman - An error has
 DM> occurred" If I select close at that point, I get "Application
 DM> Error - Progman caused GPF at loc ....."

 DM> If I choose Ignore, I get "Cannot open group file '%s'. Do you
 DM> want Program Manager to try an load this in future? ". This
 DM> occurs ad nauseam.

 DM> I have reinstalled WfWG, to no avail - the same error occurs. It
 DM> may yet be a case of deltree windows.

 DM> In that case, what files would I need to keep to retain things
 DM> like video and sound card drivers and settings - win.ini ?
 DM> system.ini ? It's a PITA restoring all those sound card and other
 DM> settings and drivers - a pain that I wish to avoid, if possible.

 You've screwed up one or more or your INI files.  If you get lucky, you may
be able to find an old INI, do a dir system.* win.* etc...

 A windows reload only copies over the code part, it leaves the ini's intact.
This is a problem when the ini files are the ones causing the problem.

John Tserkezis, Sydney, Oz. Fidonet: 3:712/610  Internet: jt{at}suburbia.com.au

... I'd like that dolphinburger please. Yes, The one in the styrofoam box
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