Correct location of Application data folder

[Lee]

I have been copying folders back and forth from one machine to another and
have discovered that I now have an Application Data folder in
C:\Documents and Settings\Lee\Application Data
and another in
C:\Documents and Settings\Lee\Local Settings\Application Data Which is the
correct location and can I safely copy one into the other - they contain
differant folders.

Much thanks for any help

Lee

 

[Gordon]

I have been copying folders back and forth from one machine to another and
have discovered that I now have an Application Data folder in C:\Documents
and Settings\Lee\Application Data
and another in C:\Documents and Settings\Lee\Local Settings\Application
Data Which is the correct location and can I safely copy one into the
other - they contain differant folders.

Much thanks for any help

Lee

Both are correct - entries are usually placed in both these folders
automatically by applications - what are you copying backwards and forwards?

 

[Lee]

Hello Gordon,

Thanks for your reply. I gues I can just leave them as they are then? I
was afraid I had missplaced one of the folders.

As to what I copied, well, I had to reformat one system disk and put a new
one in the other, so I shifted my Docs and Settings from one to the other
while I did the format and then moved it back. Its a bit of a primative
system but I didn't have a better way . . .

Regards,
Lee.

 

[Gordon]

As to what I copied, well, I had to reformat one system disk and put a new
one in the other, so I shifted my Docs and Settings from one to the other
while I did the format and then moved it back.

You might find that that will cause a problem with Outlook if you are using
it....

 

[Lee]

Hello Gordon,

You might find that that will cause a problem with Outlook if you are
using it....

Yes, well I copy and move my Outlook files with Import and Export, as a way
of keeping Outlook on the two machines synchronised, although I find the
method cumbersome.

Now, having got them up and running I use a simple freeware sync app, GoodSync
V6, to keep the Document files in sync. I did try to get XP's Synchronise
to do the job but had no luck with it. No folders i tried to sync showed
up in the Synch window. I have one XP Pro and one XP Home with simple file
sharing on both. I tried for a while to get the Synchronise option to work
but when I started to get into it too deep I pulled out and just opted to
used a freeware app.

It seems strange to have two Application Data folders both with a number
of the same folders in them, such as Adobe, Microsoft, Identities, each of
which seems to contain doubles of the other folder. If thats the way it
works, thats fine, I was just afraid I had inadvertantly coppied the Application
folder into the wrong place.

Much obliged to you for your help.

Regards,
Lee

 

[Gordon]

Hello Gordon,


Yes, well I copy and move my Outlook files with Import and Export, as a
way of keeping Outlook on the two machines synchronised, although I find
the method cumbersome.

Don't use Import/export for pst files. Just copy the file with Outlook
closed ,open it on the other machine and drag and drop data. Why not
export/import?

(Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook])
Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create a ghost
PST that you can't close. Importing PST's will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists

Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not advise
people to import a native file into Outlook.

 

[Lee]

Hello Gordon,
thanks for the information. I will use the method given by Russ Valentine
as you suggest.

Many thanks for your help.

Lee.

Don't use Import/export for pst files. Just copy the file with Outlook
closed ,open it on the other machine and drag and drop data. Why not
export/import?

(Courtesy of Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook])
Importing an entire PST may well corrupt your profile and may create a
ghost
PST that you can't close. Importing PST's will lose:
1. Custom Forms
2. Custom Views
3. Connections between contacts and activities
4. Received dates on mail
5. Birthdays and anniversaries in calendar
6. Journal connections
7. Distribution Lists
Opening a PST file will preserve all of these. That is why we do not
advise people to import a native file into Outlook.

Now, having got them up and running I use a simple freeware sync app,
GoodSync V6, to keep the Document files in sync. I did try to get
XP's Synchronise to do the job but had no luck with it. No folders i
tried to sync showed up in the Synch window. I have one XP Pro and
one XP Home with simple file sharing on both. I tried for a while to
get the Synchronise option to work but when I started to get into it
too deep I pulled out and just opted to used a freeware app.

It seems strange to have two Application Data folders both with a
number of the same folders in them, such as Adobe, Microsoft,
Identities, each of which seems to contain doubles of the other
folder. If thats the way it works, thats fine, I was just afraid I
had inadvertantly coppied the Application folder into the wrong
place.

Much obliged to you for your help.

Regards,
Lee

 

[Gordon]

Hello Gordon,
thanks for the information. I will use the method given by Russ Valentine
as you suggest.

Many thanks for your help.

YW! Just didn't want you to run into more problems!