At 04:09 AM 2/7/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Lee. You are wise in asking about editing the Registry. It is NOT >a task taken lightly, Wow! I was hoping I would get explicit instructions and I knew this was a complicated process, but I had no idea just how involved it would be. How refreshing to get a real informative reply for a change. I actually feel as if I can proceed with caution. Also I'm going to assume this process will work for any program. Not just Eudora!?! Many thanks, Lee in Tennessee
Hi Lee. Well, sometimes I am accused of being "verbose", but I do believe in giving instructions explicit enough to allow others to do things that are complicated. The way I look at it is, if one can't give detailed instructions, then why even bother to reply. Yes, this approach should be followed with ANY program/utility. I can speak, somewhat authoritatively, on this subject, because I have been guilty of installing upgrades of programs into directories other than where the original program was installed. That's a very good way to have conflicting instructions in the Registry, and will always lead to problems with a program. My mistakes were made back in the "olden days", and I have since learned to always check out where a program is installed before letting an upgrade do its thing and install into a "default" directory. It's hard to comprehend, but I've let a program be installed into a "default" directory, then, when doing an upgrade, the new installer is programmed to put it into a different directory. You just have to be careful. CAUTION is the word! Always BACKUP before making changes. SgtGeorge At 02/07/2002 08:39 AM Thursday, Lee Welch wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >At 04:09 AM 2/7/2002 -0500, you wrote: >>Hi Lee. You are wise in asking about editing the Registry. It is >>NOT >>a task taken lightly, > >Wow! I was hoping I would get explicit instructions and I knew >this was a complicated process, but I had no idea just how involved >it would be. How refreshing to get a real informative reply for a >change. >I actually feel as if I can proceed with caution. > >Also I'm going to assume this process will work for any program. >Not just Eudora!?! > >Many thanks, > >Lee in Tennessee **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT**********