Newbie at FP- did something wrong - now all program filess will not open, all
files in desktop folders have been erased, with the _vti_cnf folder (empty)
replacing them.
Did sysrestore in safe mode, no change. Help!

There may be nothing you can do. A System Restore doesn't restore files,
only the settings of programs. It could be you accidentally over-wrote or
deleted your desktop directory, or you created a FrontPage web in the wrong
spot, say on your destkop and inadvertantly asked it to remove existing
files. You may check your Recycle bin, but chances are the files are gone.


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Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - Expression


"janefc" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:3C1A82C5-43A9-49C0-8C21-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Newbie at FP- did something wrong - now all program filess will not open,
> all
> files in desktop folders have been erased, with the _vti_cnf folder
> (empty)
> replacing them.
> Did sysrestore in safe mode, no change. Help!

Mark:

Wow, that's terrible news. I did save a web page I was working on onto the
desktop. So all files are lost. Is there a way I can get all my software
programs running again?

"Mark Fitzpatrick" wrote:

> There may be nothing you can do. A System Restore doesn't restore files,
> only the settings of programs. It could be you accidentally over-wrote or
> deleted your desktop directory, or you created a FrontPage web in the wrong
> spot, say on your destkop and inadvertantly asked it to remove existing
> files. You may check your Recycle bin, but chances are the files are gone.
>
>
> --
> Hope this helps,
> Mark Fitzpatrick
> Microsoft MVP - Expression
>
>
> "janefc" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:3C1A82C5-43A9-49C0-8C21-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Newbie at FP- did something wrong - now all program filess will not open,
> > all
> > files in desktop folders have been erased, with the _vti_cnf folder
> > (empty)
> > replacing them.
> > Did sysrestore in safe mode, no change. Help!
>