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I needed to restore my C partition (Windows and Apps, not data) from a somewhat older image backup and now see that I've lost my macros and Word customizations. I guess they were in C too. Earlier restore points also seem to have been removed. Is there any other way to regain the macros and Word customizations? Thanks Jeff |
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On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 12:04:56 -0500, "Jeff" wrote:
Hi I needed to restore my C partition (Windows and Apps, not data) from a somewhat older image backup and now see that I've lost my macros and Word customizations. I guess they were in C too. Earlier restore points also seem to have been removed. Is there any other way to regain the macros and Word customizations? Thanks Hi Jeff, Sorry, you're most likely out of luck. The macros and toolbars would be in one or more templates, probably Normal.dot unless you deliberately stored them elsewhere. The template(s) would be in the folder listed as "User Templates" in the Tools Options File Locations dialog. Some other customizations would be in the registry. Unless you had an independent backup of the templates and the registry, the customizations are gone for good. Having been bitten, you should now know the value of the advice at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm. This is in addition to backups of documents (http://www.gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm). -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Word macros and customizations are stored in the global template Normal.dot.
If you have saved a copy of your most recent version of this template, you can restore it to the appropriate folder (depends on the version of Word) to regain your "lost" macros and customizations. If you don't have a copy of your most recent Normal.dot, you have probably lost the macros and customizations. "Jeff" wrote: Hi I needed to restore my C partition (Windows and Apps, not data) from a somewhat older image backup and now see that I've lost my macros and Word customizations. I guess they were in C too. Earlier restore points also seem to have been removed. Is there any other way to regain the macros and Word customizations? Thanks Jeff |
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Jay Freedman wrote:
On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 12:04:56 -0500, "Jeff" wrote: Hi I needed to restore my C partition (Windows and Apps, not data) from a somewhat older image backup and now see that I've lost my macros and Word customizations. I guess they were in C too. Earlier restore points also seem to have been removed. Is there any other way to regain the macros and Word customizations? Thanks Hi Jeff, Sorry, you're most likely out of luck. The macros and toolbars would be in one or more templates, probably Normal.dot unless you deliberately stored them elsewhere. The template(s) would be in the folder listed as "User Templates" in the Tools Options File Locations dialog. Some other customizations would be in the registry. Unless you had an independent backup of the templates and the registry, the customizations are gone for good. Having been bitten, you should now know the value of the advice at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm. This is in addition to backups of documents (http://www.gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm). I was afraid that was the case, but thought to ask. I'll know better next time. Thanks |
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By default, Word stores user templates in a folder deep under the user's ID
folder of C:\Documents and Settings. You can reset this with Tools -- Options -- File Locations to another location, say on a drive or folder that you back up regularly. -- Ted |
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TedMi wrote:
By default, Word stores user templates in a folder deep under the user's ID folder of C:\Documents and Settings. You can reset this with Tools -- Options -- File Locations to another location, say on a drive or folder that you back up regularly. Thanks. That is what I need to do. I backup my data partitions frequently but my system partition much less frequently since nothing changes much except - as I now realize - those application settings and the registry. I wish there was a way to move the registry and C:\Documents and Settings to my data partition. Thanks. Jeff |
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Usual practice is to do a separate backup of the Documents & Settings folder.
Each user's registry is included under the user ID folder. You may want to set up a procedure to clear out temp files before the backup. -- Ted |
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