NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/comp/os/mswindo/apps/7360

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Subject: Re: Re-loading windows, and applications groups
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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 10:31:51 PST
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I tried to send this, but it might be usefull to others so I decided to
post it. This is my first post. It was asked "How to get apps. group
windows back after reloading windows." I'm not an expert but I believe
the following should be of use to determine if the apps. in question
will have to be reloaded or not.  1) Since the apps. are still loaded
on the system you could just create new group windows i.e. "excell4"
and use new in the file menu to individually select each program. 2)
A better way is to use windows setup from the main group and select
setup applications search all or the drive(s) you installed the apps.
and set them up this way.  3) Possibly the group information may still
exist in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system dir's.  Look for ami.grp,
lotus.grp or maybe excell.grp.  If you renamed thew groups to suit
your tastes the group files may be listed as *(group name).grp. 4) You
can also find that your groups are still there but just not active on-
screen. Select windows menu and if there their click on it and the
group should become active. Select more if available to search complete
group list.  P.S.  In ref. to #3 above use new from file menu, select
group, select browse, then search above dir's for .grp files, select
file.grp, click ok, and window should be active.  Comments welcome.

                                     Good Luck, RDH