Windows Old?

[Kenny]

2 questions:

1: Can I recover lost e-mail messages from here?
2. Can I delete Windows Old, it's taking up a lot of space?

Kenny

 

[Kenny]

Tried following the steps here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932912
but at this step:
"The Windows.old folder contains the following folders from the Windows XP
installation:

1. drive:\Windows.old\Windows
2. drive:\Windows.old\Documents and Settings
3. drive:\Windows.old\Program Files"

I don't have "2. drive:\Windows.old\Documents and Settings"

Kenny

 

[Ken Blake]

2 questions:

1: Can I recover lost e-mail messages from here?

From where? What e-mail program do you use?

2. Can I delete Windows Old, it's taking up a lot of space?

It's your previous version of Windows. If you sure you will never want
to go back to it, yes. But regardless of how much space it uses, I
would be in no hurry to delete it unless you are short of disk space.

 

[Ed Cryer]

From where? What e-mail program do you use?




It's your previous version of Windows. If you sure you will never want
to go back to it, yes. But regardless of how much space it uses, I
would be in no hurry to delete it unless you are short of disk space.

He posted both his messages with Windows Live Mail.
He could easily recover old XP messages with that (import/ export), but
XP kept the message folders for Outlook Express in Documents & Settings.
And he hasn't got that.
However, if he has any kind of backup for the old XP Docs & Sets, he
might get them from there.

Ed

 

[Justin]

Tried following the steps here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932912
but at this step:
"The Windows.old folder contains the following folders from the Windows XP
installation:

1. drive:\Windows.old\Windows
2. drive:\Windows.old\Documents and Settings
3. drive:\Windows.old\Program Files"

I don't have "2. drive:\Windows.old\Documents and Settings"

Kenny

Kenny, regarding your email I suggest using an IMAP provider. This way
all of your email is stored on the server and it doesn't matter what
your local machine is running or does.
Windows Mail works with IMAP.

 

[Kenny]

Thanks for the replies. Salvaged as much as I could but couldn't retrieve
email. Then removed windows.old using disk cleanup rather than just
deleting it.

Kenny

 

[Dond13]

From where? What e-mail program do you use?




It's your previous version of Windows. If you sure you will never want
to go back to it, yes. But regardless of how much space it uses, I
would be in no hurry to delete it unless you are short of disk space.

One more quick question. While debugging my code, I put a 'PAUSE' in after
each command. This isolates exactly where a problem lies. Is there one
command that I could use at the beginning of a file that would create the
pause without having to enter it repeatedly. It seems logical that there
should be, but I can't find it in the list of commands.

 

[G. Morgan]

One more quick question. While debugging my code, I put a 'PAUSE' in after
each command. This isolates exactly where a problem lies. Is there one
command that I could use at the beginning of a file that would create the
pause without having to enter it repeatedly. It seems logical that there
should be, but I can't find it in the list of commands.

Did I miss something in this thread? What code?

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Did I miss something in this thread? What code?

Not in this thread, he meant to reply to the "CMD Files Number 2"
thread.

 

[Nil]

One more quick question. While debugging my code, I put a 'PAUSE'
in after each command. This isolates exactly where a problem
lies. Is there one command that I could use at the beginning of a
file that would create the pause without having to enter it
repeatedly.

No, there isn't. Window's batch language is very simple.

 

[Ken Blake]

One more quick question. While debugging my code, I put a 'PAUSE' in after
each command. This isolates exactly where a problem lies. Is there one
command that I could use at the beginning of a file that would create the
pause without having to enter it repeatedly. It seems logical that there
should be, but I can't find it in the list of commands.

I'm not sure what this has to do with the above, but as far as I know,
there's no such command,

 

[Bob I]

I'm not sure what this has to do with the above, but as far as I know,
there's no such command,

he replied to the wrong thread, as to "PAUSE" please open command prompt
and enter HELP or HELP PAUSE, and hit enter.

 

[Bob I]

he replied to the wrong thread, as to "PAUSE" please open command prompt
and enter HELP or HELP PAUSE, and hit enter.

Or did I misunderstand the exchange?

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Or did I misunderstand the exchange?

In part.

Yes, the reply was in the wrong thread.

OTOH, the "command" Dond13 is looking for seems to be a debug mode in
batch and command files where you can trace execution. He might like
break points as well, but didn't say so (IIRC).

Of course, one can do a lot by setting echo on and adding echo commands
here and there, and also using redirection to a file so you can examine
stuff at your leisure.

 

[Char Jackson]

In part.

Yes, the reply was in the wrong thread.

OTOH, the "command" Dond13 is looking for seems to be a debug mode in
batch and command files where you can trace execution. He might like
break points as well, but didn't say so (IIRC).

Of course, one can do a lot by setting echo on and adding echo commands
here and there, and also using redirection to a file so you can examine
stuff at your leisure.

I also like dumping the contents of my variables at key points if I
need to debug a complicated routine. Not 'dump' as in erase, but
'dump' as in print to screen or to a file for closer examination.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I also like dumping the contents of my variables at key points if I
need to debug a complicated routine. Not 'dump' as in erase, but
'dump' as in print to screen or to a file for closer examination.

As in echo %variable%?

 

[Char Jackson]

As in echo %variable%?

Sure, close enough.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Sure, close enough.

Just making sure I understood you, in case you meant some arcane thing
that I don't know - which is not at all unlikely