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is it safe to rename Windows.old --> windows?


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25-Mar-2007, 12:23 PM #1
is it safe to rename Windows.old --> windows?
i had upgraded to vista premium and it place my previous windows settings along w/ the other programs into a *.old file. can i make rename it back to the original name?
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25-Mar-2007, 12:36 PM #2
Why would you rename it?
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25-Mar-2007, 12:43 PM #3
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i had upgraded to vista premium and it place my previous windows settings along w/ the other programs into a *.old file. can i make rename it back to the original name?
I'm sure you will not be able to as you already have one Windows folder...and again why? This way you can see for sure what was saved from old OS. If you are done using whatever you needed from that folder, why not delete it.
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25-Mar-2007, 12:50 PM #4
ok, can i just cut/paste an installed program and its directory into the new windows folder?
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25-Mar-2007, 01:05 PM #5
I don't think that will work. You'll have to reinstall the application in the windows folder.
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25-Mar-2007, 01:10 PM #6
ok, thx. i'll do that and remove the original one.
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25-Mar-2007, 03:28 PM #7
Yes you cannot move installed programs and expect them to work though you can try making a shortcut to them and see if they will as there are a very small number that might well work that way now without reinstalling.
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25-Mar-2007, 07:01 PM #8
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ok, thx. i'll do that and remove the original one.
That's the better choice.
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26-Mar-2007, 12:08 AM #9
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ok, can i just cut/paste an installed program and its directory into the new windows folder?
This is probably a great design about Macs.
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