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Use old licenses to install Windows XP (version upgrade)
For new platforms we can do what we want, but for legacy old platforms it is vitally important that 100% compatibility is maintained or people will simply not use the compiler. I think we can not guarantie full backward compatibility for Watcon 11.x 16-bit Windows old code anymore. I can change windows.h to no

Can I erase "Windows old?"
The only way I was able to do that was to rename boot in dos mode and rename windows directory to windows.old. So far so good, win95 was reinstalled in the windows directory. But the old configuration of windows was not merged with the new installation (I got the fixed the problem). Does someone know if it is

ACCESS DENIED...
TC t__cru...@hotmail.com microsoft public windowsxp general @@ent to the link, tried it on three REALLY OLD windows programs (WindowBlinds wouldn't skin those programs when I was using Windows 98), and neither would XP SKINS. Plus, there isn't any option to minimize XP SKINS, so it stays on the desktop.

Can I erase "Windows old?"
Now he's stuck with three folders named "windows.old", "windows.old.000" and " windows.old.001" which I can't delete. I tried safe mode: no way. I tried safe mode and command line "dos commands like del, rd, etc" no way either. All of this as administrator of course. Any idea? Daniel --

C:/Windows.old
Brazmaster Brazmas...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista mail Hi Shawn, thank you very much, you´re right !! Bst rgds, Wagner "brink" wrote: Brazmaster;426339 Wrote: Had to format my HD and reinstalling my Vista. It created the Windows Old with my old archives. But where are my old Windows

windows.old files:
Bruce Chambers bchamb...@cable0ne.n3t microsoft public windows vista administration_accounts_passwords Dell Palmer wrote: When I upgraded to Vista a directory called windows.old was created which contains my old windows xp system. Is there any reason I can't delete this directroy? It's taking up needed space on my

Cannot find rule, address, etc. files in "windows.old' folder.
Since all has been well since then, I would like to remove the windows.old folder that he had me create for backup, in order to free up disk space. Is there a special protocol that needs to be followed in order to avoid registry problems, or can I simply delete it from Explorer? Thanks, TC.

Re : impossible de supprimer windows.old
(My PC took a nose-dive, and the shop reinstalled Windows over itself.) I have safely gotten rid of most of "Old Programs", but being the observant person that I am, I *finally* noticed that there is also a "Windows.old" folder, right next to the "normal" Windows folder. This "old" Windows folder is taking up over

Cannot delete windows.old
Jane C jellyb...@NOSPAMxjgarage.org microsoft public windows vista installation_setup If you did an upgrade from XP to Vista, then you will not have the windows.old folder. The only way to get back to XP would be a complete clean install of XP, by booting with the XP cd, deleting creating and formatting the

Windows "old" folder?
I removed the old directory structure which was not under the newly installed version. It just never freed up the disk space. --> Windows --> Windows.old Removed / deleted the windows.old - with shift key and verified that the trash can was empty. The amount of space for the old copy of windows was never released.

Windows Problem
Charneau.amaran...@Wanadoo.fr microsoft public fr windows vista general Salut, Désactiver l'UAC est une bonne chose, mais ne règlera pas le problème, il faut s'en rendre propriétaire et supprimer au préalable les dossiers contenant des références au fonctionnement du système ou de certains logiciels.

Comment détruire windows.old
... revisala. para borrarla sin problemas, boton derecho del raton y eliminar ;-) "JMRB" <jmro...@terra.es> escribió en el mensaje de noticias:82473901-2512-410F-B8E8-7D40FF047...@microsoft.com... He reinstalado Vista y me ha generado una carpeta Windows.old como la puedo eliminar ya que me quita espacio en el HD.

Revert from Vista to XP using Windows.old
Maybe these articles will offer some ideas: (931702) Windows Explorer crashes when you try to remove the $WINDOWS.OLD folder from a computer that has been upgraded to Windows Vista http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931702/en-us (933212) How to remove the Windows.old folder that is generated when you perform a custom

Eliminar Windows.old
Lazarus Long l...@libero.it it fan startrek Previously on "R. Daneel Olivaw" <daneel.oli...@oops.dapinna.com> the Vampire Slayer: Ovviamente non formatto, ma rinomino Win.com in Win.old, la Cartella Windows in Windows.old (evventualmente anche la cartella Programmi in Programma.old) e quindi procedo con una

My SBLive and Win98SE not getting along....
Got the old mail and contacts back. No rules though. How can I open these files from within Outlook 07? -- John Holbrook "DL" wrote: The Outlook data file, by default outlook.pst, contains all data, in Vista the default location is C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\ You will likely have to 'take

Cannot find rule, address, etc. files in "windows.old' folder.
Arne A...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup After a clean install on the C: partition I copied over the windows.old folder to another drive (G:) on the computer. The C: drive has only enough space for the OS, so I wanted to make room for installing programs.

Comment détruire windows.old
Peter Foldes ok...@hotmail.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup There is NO old registry. You have only 1 and that is what is in your system at present. Windows.old will NOT have a separate registry -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can

Lost Registry settings
Daniel Royer dan...@royer.ch microsoft public windows vista general I had to reinstall Vista Home premium several times on my son's laptop. Now he's stuck with three folders named "windows.old", "windows.old.000" and " windows.old.001" which I can't delete. I tried safe mode: no way. I tried safe mode and command

Find my Mail msgs in the Windows Old
Shatin lk1439-newsgr...@yahoo.com.hk microsoft public windows vista general Some time ago my computer had problems and I had to reinstall Vista. All the files in the old system were moved to the Windows.old folder. To cut a long story short, I had another problem which I solved by going into safe mode and used the

old style window program?
DLL C:\WINDOWS\OLD.DLL? Once I replace the DLL, how do I register it with my program? "lee" <cuddle...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:e#5fG1aWAHA.249@cppssbbsa03... have you thought about setting up a check before the main form is loaded. like you would do for a splash screen but make it an upgrade screen that