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nguye708
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      10-16-2007
I just recently installed windows vista, and all of my old programs did not
show up....all of my old pictures and music are now gone.
I was just wondering if I could access my old programs and how to access the
windows.old.folder, because I cannot find it
plz help! thx!
 
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Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]
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      10-16-2007
You will have to reinstall your applications if you want to use them. The
Windows.old folder is sometimes found at the route of your drive C:
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"nguye708" <> wrote in message
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>I just recently installed windows vista, and all of my old programs did not
> show up....all of my old pictures and music are now gone.
> I was just wondering if I could access my old programs and how to access
> the
> windows.old.folder, because I cannot find it
> plz help! thx!



 
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Rick Rogers
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      10-16-2007
Hi,

In addition to Andre, you need to set folder options to see hidden folders.
Click start and type 'control folders', then hit <enter>. On the view tab
you can make the necessary changes. You should then be able to find
windows.old on the root of C:\.

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>I just recently installed windows vista, and all of my old programs did not
> show up....all of my old pictures and music are now gone.
> I was just wondering if I could access my old programs and how to access
> the
> windows.old.folder, because I cannot find it
> plz help! thx!


 
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Dave
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      10-16-2007
If you upgraded to Vista, your pictures should be in
C:\Users\youraccount\Pictures
and your music in C:\Users\youraccount\Music




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> I just recently installed windows vista, and all of my old programs did
> not
> show up....all of my old pictures and music are now gone.
> I was just wondering if I could access my old programs and how to access
> the
> windows.old.folder, because I cannot find it
> plz help! thx!


 
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