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To: H Peterson who wrote (21305)	7/12/2001 4:11:11 PM
From: thecow	Respond to of 110654

H Peterson Wish I could help with your Win95 problem but I know nothing about it. Any advice i would offer would just be a guess and would probably get you in more trouble than you're already in. A quick search on the net leads me to believe that unless you have manually backed up your registry with regedit 95 is not capable of a registry restore. Other than a format/install I wouldn't know what else to do. tc :-(

To: H Peterson who wrote (21305)	7/12/2001 5:44:09 PM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110654

I'll offer a guess... Originally, your daughter's PC had no software at all. Windows 95 was installed. Following this, applications were installed. (These work could've been done at the factory.) Finally, user data was created. It's this user data that has the highest value. When you re-installed Win95, your system was put back to the condition it was in before your applications were installed. (I wouldn't expect Windows to be able to run applications it doesn't know about.) Since the re-installation probably just ADDED files, your daughter now has a system containing a mixture of files: Old Win95; New Win95; Applications; User data; and probably a ton of junk accumulated over the years too. Some re-installations can be done without compromising existing applications, and some can't. My suggestion --- and this is a last desperate measure... If all else fails, boot to DOS and try to create copies of your son-in-law's data. Once the irreplacable stuff is in a safe place, erase the Windows folder. Re-install Windows. At this point, you should have a working system. See if your applications still work. If your applications don't work, Format the disk, re-install Windows and all your other software. Once you determine your system is working properly, copy your son-in-law's data. Before you erase Windows (or more), be sure you have the Windows CD and a copy of the drivers specific to your system. Also be sure to record your Product Key, since Windows installations require you to provide it. Don't be in a hurry to do this work. With luck, more experienced people may post far better solutions. Cheers, PW.