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Date:	Fri, 27 Jul 2001 10:22:14 PDT
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Desktop bye-bye

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In <3B614551.70ED@peterskye.com>, on 07/27/01
at 03:42 AM, Peter Skye said:

>Summary: Lost my desktop, restoring OS2.INI and OS2SYS.INI from backup
>didn't fix it, Object ReCreator didn't fix it. I need to know what
>additional files need to be restored from my backups to bring back the
>Desktop.

You need to restore the entire \Desktop tree.

In case you don't know, all the desktop backup solutions that work backup:

- the tree
- os2.ini
- os2sys.ini
- scenter.cfg
- dock*.cfg

Some also backup config.sys and autoexec.bat, but that's not as critical.

> OS2.INI file. An attempt will be made to
> create a temporary directory. If this
> fails, an OS/2 window will be displayed.

This just is the WPS's way of saying your WPS setup is hosed.

>still no Desktop (same error message). I *know* these backups are good
>-- I rebooted just a few hours ago and the Desktop came up fine.

However, are they sufficient?

>What file(s) am I missing that need to be restored from my backups?

See above.

Steven

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