transfer contents of History folder

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Tomas Brelling

I am trying to transfer the contents of IE's History folder
from a system image on a backup hard drive to the
primary hard drive. But when I try to do a drag-and-
drop copy, I get the error message:

"Cannot copy index: The requested operation cannot be
performed on a file with a user-mapped section open."

I have a lot of links stored in the History folder (set for
999 day expiration), and retrieving it would save weeks
of work. Does anyone know of a way to restore the
folder?

Tomas B.
 
When I right-click on an explorer window and select
Properties from the menu, I get a dialog box with
3 tabs: General, Sharing, Customize. None of those
panels has a "Move folder" button or anything to
enable moving a folder. BTW, I have WinXP Pro,
if that makes a difference. Is there a step that I
missed?

Tomas B.
 
Tomas;
From XP HELP:
To move a file or folder
Open My Documents.
If the file or folder you want to move is not located in My Documents or its
subfolders, use Search to find it. To open Search, click Start, point to Search,
and then click For Files or Folders.

Click the file or folder you want to move.
Under File and Folder Tasks, click Move this file or Move this folder.
In Move Items, click the new location for the file or folder, and then click
Move.
Notes
To open My Documents, double-click the My Documents icon on your desktop.
To select a consecutive group of files, click the first file, press and hold
down SHIFT, and then click the last file. To select files or folders in
nonconsecutive order, press and hold down CTRL, and then click the items you
want.
You can also move a file or folder by dragging it to the desired location. For
more information, click
 
I hightlighted the source History folder, clicked on Edit, selected
"Copy To Folder...", in the resulting Move Items dialog box
I selected the folder to contain the History folder, then I clicked
"Copy". The usual series of "you will overwrite" warnings came
up (just as with drag-and-drop) and I answered "Yes to All",
then the usual error msg came up:

"Cannot copy index: The requested operation cannot be
performed on a file with a user-mapped section open."

Does anyone know what a "user-mapped section open"
means and how to get around this impasse?

Tomas B.
 
Tomas said:
I hightlighted the source History folder, clicked on Edit, selected
"Copy To Folder...", in the resulting Move Items dialog box
I selected the folder to contain the History folder, then I clicked
"Copy". The usual series of "you will overwrite" warnings came
up (just as with drag-and-drop) and I answered "Yes to All",
then the usual error msg came up:

"Cannot copy index: The requested operation cannot be
performed on a file with a user-mapped section open."

Does anyone know what a "user-mapped section open"
means and how to get around this impasse?
Click to expand...

It means that the profile that the History folder is associated with is
open. Try doing a reboot and before opening any programs perform the move
again. If this does not work, log on with the built in Administrator account
and do it from there.

--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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Ronnie Vernon MVP said:
It means that the profile that the History folder is associated with is
open. Try doing a reboot and before opening any programs perform
the move again. If this does not work, log on with the built in
Administrator account and do it from there.
Click to expand...


You know, I've been trying to figure out how to get in as
"Administrator". My machine boots up Windows with a request
to click on a User's name. Since there is only one user (me,
whom I've named "Admin"), I always click on that one and only
option. I can't figure out how to present myself the option of
declaring myself as "Administrator" (for which, I see, there is a
folder, right along side the folder for "Admin"). I seem to
remember setting up a password for the administrator, but how
does one select the "Administrator" identity?

Tomas B.
 
Tomas Brelling wrote:
You know, I've been trying to figure out how to get in as
"Administrator". My machine boots up Windows with a request
to click on a User's name. Since there is only one user (me,
whom I've named "Admin"), I always click on that one and only
option. I can't figure out how to present myself the option of
declaring myself as "Administrator" (for which, I see, there is a
folder, right along side the folder for "Admin"). I seem to
remember setting up a password for the administrator, but how
does one select the "Administrator" identity?

Tomas B.
Click to expand...

Tomas

In XP Pro, at the Welcome screen, press CTRL+ALT+DEL twice to see the system
administrator account. If you get the old style logon dialog box, type
Administrator, enter the password (If one was set during installation) and
log on.

--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

Please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
 
"Ronnie Vernon MVP" explained:
Tomas Brelling wrote:


In XP Pro, at the Welcome screen, press CTRL+ALT+DEL twice
to see the system administrator account. If you get the old style
logon dialog box, type Administrator, enter the password (If one
was set during installation) and log on.
Click to expand...


Well that was an interesting exploration into Administrator land.
I now know how to bounce back and forth between User and
Administrator. But... I still can't copy anything into the User's
History folder. As administrator, I removed the Read-Only status
of the folder and it appears that the archived history files were copied
into the User's History folder, but looking at the contents of the same
folder as User again, nothing has changed. It's as if the Administrator's
version of the file structure was different from the User's version of the
file structure - at least as it pertains to the History file. Trying to do
the copy from Command Prompt was also unsuccessful. Even
removing the Hidden status from the folder above History didn't allow
the system to see the full path to the History file. Is there something
subtle I'm missing here?

Tomas B.
 
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