Guest Lee Posted July 19, 2007 Posted July 19, 2007 I have been copying folders back and forth from one machine to another and have discovered that I now have an Application Data folder in C:\Documents and Settings\Lee\Application Data and another in C:\Documents and Settings\Lee\Local Settings\Application Data Which is the correct location and can I safely copy one into the other - they contain differant folders. Much thanks for any help Lee
Guest Gordon Posted July 19, 2007 Posted July 19, 2007 Re: Correct location of Application data folder "Lee" <anon@anon.com> wrote in message news:48e24a100d198c99835eb53d4f6@news.wanadoo.fr... >I have been copying folders back and forth from one machine to another and >have discovered that I now have an Application Data folder in C:\Documents >and Settings\Lee\Application Data > and another in C:\Documents and Settings\Lee\Local Settings\Application > Data Which is the correct location and can I safely copy one into the > other - they contain differant folders. > > Much thanks for any help > > Lee > > > Both are correct - entries are usually placed in both these folders automatically by applications - what are you copying backwards and forwards?
Guest Lee Posted July 19, 2007 Posted July 19, 2007 Re: Correct location of Application data folder Hello Gordon, Thanks for your reply. I gues I can just leave them as they are then? I was afraid I had missplaced one of the folders. As to what I copied, well, I had to reformat one system disk and put a new one in the other, so I shifted my Docs and Settings from one to the other while I did the format and then moved it back. Its a bit of a primative system but I didn't have a better way . . . Regards, Lee. > "Lee" <anon@anon.com> wrote in message > news:48e24a100d198c99835eb53d4f6@news.wanadoo.fr... > >> I have been copying folders back and forth from one machine to >> another and >> have discovered that I now have an Application Data folder in >> C:\Documents >> and Settings\Lee\Application Data >> and another in C:\Documents and Settings\Lee\Local >> Settings\Application >> Data Which is the correct location and can I safely copy one into >> the >> other - they contain differant folders. >> Much thanks for any help >> >> Lee >> > Both are correct - entries are usually placed in both these folders > automatically by applications - what are you copying backwards and > forwards? >
Guest Gordon Posted July 19, 2007 Posted July 19, 2007 Re: Correct location of Application data folder "Lee" <anon@anon.com> wrote in message news:48e24a100dd28c9984970ac8c7a@news.wanadoo.fr... > As to what I copied, well, I had to reformat one system disk and put a new > one in the other, so I shifted my Docs and Settings from one to the other > while I did the format and then moved it back. You might find that that will cause a problem with Outlook if you are using it....
Guest Lee Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 Re: Correct location of Application data folder Hello Gordon, > You might find that that will cause a problem with Outlook if you are > using it.... > Yes, well I copy and move my Outlook files with Import and Export, as a way of keeping Outlook on the two machines synchronised, although I find the method cumbersome. Now, having got them up and running I use a simple freeware sync app, GoodSync V6, to keep the Document files in sync. I did try to get XP's Synchronise to do the job but had no luck with it. No folders i tried to sync showed up in the Synch window. I have one XP Pro and one XP Home with simple file sharing on both. I tried for a while to get the Synchronise option to work but when I started to get into it too deep I pulled out and just opted to used a freeware app. It seems strange to have two Application Data folders both with a number of the same folders in them, such as Adobe, Microsoft, Identities, each of which seems to contain doubles of the other folder. If thats the way it works, thats fine, I was just afraid I had inadvertantly coppied the Application folder into the wrong place. Much obliged to you for your help. Regards, Lee
Guest Gordon Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 Re: Correct location of Application data folder "Lee" <anon@anon.com> wrote in message news:48e24a100ffc8c998c86d09b820@news.wanadoo.fr... > Hello Gordon, > >> You might find that that will cause a problem with Outlook if you are >> using it.... >> > > Yes, well I copy and move my Outlook files with Import and Export, as a > way of keeping Outlook on the two machines synchronised, although I find > the method cumbersome. Don't use Import/export for pst files. Just copy the file with Outlook closed ,open it on the other machine and drag and drop data. Why not export/import? (Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]) Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create a ghost PST that you can't close. Importing PST's will lose: 1. Custom Forms 2. Custom Views 3. Connections between contacts and activities 4. Received dates on mail 5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar 6. Journal connections 7. Distribution Lists Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not advise people to import a native file into Outlook. > > Now, having got them up and running I use a simple freeware sync app, > GoodSync V6, to keep the Document files in sync. I did try to get XP's > Synchronise to do the job but had no luck with it. No folders i tried to > sync showed up in the Synch window. I have one XP Pro and one XP Home > with simple file sharing on both. I tried for a while to get the > Synchronise option to work but when I started to get into it too deep I > pulled out and just opted to used a freeware app. > > It seems strange to have two Application Data folders both with a number > of the same folders in them, such as Adobe, Microsoft, Identities, each of > which seems to contain doubles of the other folder. If thats the way it > works, thats fine, I was just afraid I had inadvertantly coppied the > Application folder into the wrong place. > > Much obliged to you for your help. > > Regards, > Lee > > >
Guest Lee Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 Re: Correct location of Application data folder Hello Gordon, thanks for the information. I will use the method given by Russ Valentine as you suggest. Many thanks for your help. Lee. > Don't use Import/export for pst files. Just copy the file with Outlook > closed ,open it on the other machine and drag and drop data. Why not > export/import? > > (Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]) > Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create a > ghost > PST that you can't close. Importing PST's will lose: > 1. Custom Forms > 2. Custom Views > 3. Connections between contacts and activities > 4. Received dates on mail > 5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar > 6. Journal connections > 7. Distribution Lists > Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not > advise people to import a native file into Outlook. > >> Now, having got them up and running I use a simple freeware sync app, >> GoodSync V6, to keep the Document files in sync. I did try to get >> XP's Synchronise to do the job but had no luck with it. No folders i >> tried to sync showed up in the Synch window. I have one XP Pro and >> one XP Home with simple file sharing on both. I tried for a while to >> get the Synchronise option to work but when I started to get into it >> too deep I pulled out and just opted to used a freeware app. >> >> It seems strange to have two Application Data folders both with a >> number of the same folders in them, such as Adobe, Microsoft, >> Identities, each of which seems to contain doubles of the other >> folder. If thats the way it works, thats fine, I was just afraid I >> had inadvertantly coppied the Application folder into the wrong >> place. >> >> Much obliged to you for your help. >> >> Regards, >> Lee
Guest Gordon Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 Re: Correct location of Application data folder "Lee" <anon@anon.com> wrote in message news:48e24a10158f8c998e2cb8fdfe0@news.wanadoo.fr... > Hello Gordon, > thanks for the information. I will use the method given by Russ Valentine > as you suggest. > > Many thanks for your help. > YW! Just didn't want you to run into more problems!
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