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Re-Install GPL - Problem

2 posts by 2 people · 09 Aug 1999 - 09 Aug 1999

Did you reinstall GPL off the CD, or just copy the Sierra/GPL folder to the fresh hard disk? When you install the game off CD, it adds two services to the OS, and this won't happen if you just copy the Sierra/GPL folder. Randy
Quoted text (13 lines)>> I just re-formatted my hard drive & re-installed Windows 98 & all my >> software, including GPL. >> I had my GPL folder backed up so all my settings were the same as >> before the formatting of my hard drive.I copied my backup into the >> Sierra/GPL folder where it was before the new installation. >Did you reinstall GPL off the CD, or just copy the Sierra/GPL folder to >the fresh hard disk? When you install the game off CD, it adds two >services to the OS, and this won't happen if you just copy the >Sierra/GPL folder. >Randy
just wondering,did u back up to a CD,if u did u might find all the files are now read only and certain data wont be able to be updated in there current state. -- Vince Fisher

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