Microsoft KB Archive/131272

Moving Bob to Another Directory or Drive

PSS ID Number: Q131272 Article last modified on 12-29-1995

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Bob was not designed to be moved from one location to another. However, a situation may arise where it is necessary to move Bob to another directory (folder) or hard drive.

Moving Bob to a different drive or directory is easy to do, using the Remove All feature of the Setup program and then reinstalling Bob.

To save your personal files, however, it is necessary to manually backup the Bob custom information files before you remove Bob. After reinstalling in the new location, you will need to manually move the custom information files to the new directory.

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How to Move Bob to a Different Directory and Keep Custom Information
The following steps assume you are moving Bob from the C:to D:. Change the drive and/or directory names below if you are using different directories and/or drives.

  Make a backup copy of the Bob custom information files by entering the following commands at the MS-DOS prompt and pressing the ENTER key after each line: copy c:.mdb c:.bdb copy c:

.mdb c:.bdb copy c:.mdb c:.bdb copy c:.mdb c:.bdb copy c:.mdb c:.bdb   Run Bob Setup from the original disks. Do not use the Bob Setup icon. For detailed instructions, refer to the Bob Magazine (Premiere Issue).   Click the Remove All button to remove Bob.   Run Bob Setup again to reinstall. When you are prompted for the directory, enter your destination (new) directory name (D:in this example).   The following restores most of your custom room, user, and calendar changes. Enter the following commands at the MS-DOS prompt, and press ENTER after each line. Choose Yes if you are prompted to overwrite a file. copy c:.bdb d:.mdb copy c:.bdb d:

.mdb copy c:.bdb d:.mdb copy c:.bdb d:.mdb copy c:.bdb d:.mdb   (Optional) Delete the following previously used directories from your hard drive: c: c: c: c: c: c: c: c: Make sure you leave these directories if they contain any personal files: Directory File Extension File Description ——————————————————— C:CEK or CBK CheckBook file C:UTP Letter Writer file C:PST E-Mail Personal Storage 

At this point, Bob will be successfully moved to the new directory or drive.

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