Re: transfer registry settings--for sharon F--

[S.L.NARASIMHAM.]

sorry! after i sent it when i looked at it it looked a little abrupt. i
didnot mean to be. no misunderstandings please.
S.L.Narasimham.
"S.L.NARASIMHAM." > wrote in message
...
> ma'm! i wrote like this already.
> i got the registry settings for that
> >>> program from win98 registry (before i formatted c: and loade xp) by
> >>> searching for the program entries in regedit and exporting all those
> > keys to
> >>> a different drive.
> after i installed xp , i merged those entries into the new (xp) registry
> > > and
> > >>> the program worked beautifully. they were . reg files as you said.
> S.L.Narasimham.
>
> "Sharon F" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 06:15:08 +0530, S.L.NARASIMHAM. wrote:
> >
> > > that involves installing win 98 and repairing boot files isn't it?
well
> if
> > > there are no other ideas coming up i shall go that route. thanks to
doug
> > > knox i have the instructions for that route.
> > > but last time i merged the .reg entries the program worked well. so ,
i
> was
> > > wondering if we can read the registry to get those .reg files. (all
the
> > > entries pertaining to my prog.)
> > > thanks for the idea.
> > > S.L.Narasimham.
> > > "Sharon F" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > >> On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 18:50:07 +0530, S.L.NARASIMHAM. wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> i had an old program running under win 98. i changed to xp but i
put
> > > the
> > >>> program in the exact location(c:\program files) and a shortcut as
> > > required
> > >>> in the startup group of startmenu. i got the registry settings for
> that
> > >>> program from win98 registry (before i formatted c: and loade xp) by
> > >>> searching for the program entries in regedit and exporting all those
> > > keys to
> > >>> a different drive.
> > >>> i copied the entire c: of win98 (with all those installed programs
and
> > > files
> > >>> of win98 and installed third party programs onto a different drive
> and
> > > then
> > >>> formatted the c: and loaded xp.
> > >>> after i installed xp , i merged those entries into the new (xp)
> registry
> > > and
> > >>> the program worked beautifully
> > >>> unfortunately i was a victim of sobig last week and it caused some
> > > damage
> > >>> to files due to the inefficient muddling of my niece and i had to
> > > reformat
> > >>> C: and reload xp.
> > >>> now the program no longer works , obviously. i had deleted the
> exported
> > > reg
> > >>> keys .i still have the old win 98 registry on my g: drive. ( i
> verified
> > > that
> > >>> i have G:\SlnC\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP\rb000.cab , rb001.cab,
> > > rb002.cab,rb003.cab
> > >>> and the crased rbbad.cab on my hard disk.)
> > >>> how can i get all those registry entries back? and get my favorite
> > > program
> > >>> up and running.
> > >>> ps: obviously, that program is no longer in use now , no updates, no
> > > website
> > >>> and the author untraceable. so that path to use is out of question.
> > >>> thanks
> > >>> S.L.Narasimham.
> > >>
> > >> The registry structure is different in WinXP than Win98. Different
> files
> > >> are sometimes needed for the program to run. VXD files are not used
by
> XP
> > >> for example. Since getting an update of the program for XP is not
> > > possible,
> > >> you may want to consider a dual boot solution so that the program can
> > > still
> > >> be used.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Sharon F
> > >> MS-MVP/ Windows XP - Shell/User
> >
> > Perhaps last time you exported the relative keys as REG files instead of
> > CAB files?
> >
> > --
> > Sharon F
> > MS-MVP/ Windows XP - Shell/User
>
>

[Sharon F]

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 22:39:07 +0530, S.L.NARASIMHAM. wrote:

> sorry! after i sent it when i looked at it it looked a little abrupt. i
> didnot mean to be. no misunderstandings please.
> S.L.Narasimham.
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No aplogy necessary. I hope you are able to get things setup in a way that
you can use your program. Good luck :)
--
Sharon F
MS-MVP/ Windows XP - Shell/User

[S.L.NARASIMHAM.]

i went to another computer with win 98-- walked my hdd to that and setup
mine as slave. copied the rb005.cab into the sysbkup in that computer--did a
scanereg /restore to that cab --had a few errors as basically the file was
from a different configuration and with different software-- finally landed
in safe mode-- ran regedit- exported my 4 entries as reg files copied to my
hdd-- shut down -removed my hdd-restored the other system to its
original --got back to my system and hope to find the time to merge the reg
files today. it should work as it worked last time and everything was fine
till the virus attack.
sorry if i bored you with all this but what a lot of trouble.
S.L.Narasimahm.
"Sharon F" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 22:39:07 +0530, S.L.NARASIMHAM. wrote:
>
> > sorry! after i sent it when i looked at it it looked a little abrupt. i
> > didnot mean to be. no misunderstandings please.
> > S.L.Narasimham.
> > "S.L.NARASIMHAM." > wrote in message
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> No aplogy necessary. I hope you are able to get things setup in a way that
> you can use your program. Good luck :)
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP/ Windows XP - Shell/User