-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Fonts Tutorial--COA
- From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:15:16 -0600
I may be out of my depth here. Are you suggesting I practice by moving the
COA app itself to a new location? I went to my maintenance utilities folder
on my desktop which contains only shortcuts to things like Cleanup, Registry
Mechanic, and now COA. I checked properties and the target shows this:
"C:\My Documents\unzipped\COA2 1.0\COA2.exe"
Properties also says Start In: "C:\My Documents\unzipped\COA2 1.0"
I have not moved the app once I extracted it, just made the shortcut for
easy access.
And I have a confession to make! I could not find it on C Drive until I did
a search. It is in C:\My Documents unzipped, just like it said in
Properties on the shortcut.
I am sure you would be appalled at my lack of organization but half the time
I just "aim" and hope for the best, not really knowing what I am doing.
Seems it should be in C Program files.
Sandi
----- Original Message -----
From: "GMan" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 11:46 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Fonts Tutorial--COA
> Sandi,
> Before getting into the meat & potatoes of the procedure, let me
> suggest
> that you first Copy the app from its old location to its new location
> before
> running this utility. The presence of the Copy won't hurt the system and
> the preservation of the original will prevent Windows from complaining
> about
> the attempt at Moving the app.
>
>
> The Procedure:
> Click on the first Browse button and direct it to the original location
> of the app or item in question. If the app has already been Moved (you
> should seriously consider Copying it instead, JUST before running this
> little jem), you'll have to type in the apps folder name at the end of the
> path manually after browsing to the folders original parent folder and
> clicking the OK button. For example, if you were Moving your Internet
> Explorer folder from "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer" to "D:\Program
> Files\Internet Explorer", you would browse to "C:\Program Files" and then
> click the OK button. Once back at the main window, add "\Internet
> Explorer"
> to the end of that path statement to make it read "C:\Program
> Files\Internet
> Explorer".
>
> Use the second browse button to direct the utility to the new location.
> As in the example above, the app should already be there so you would
> browse
> to "D:\Program Files\Internet Explorer" and click OK to go back to the
> main
> window. At this point, the utility is loaded and ready to go. You should
> finally fill in the Description text box with at least the name of the app
> or file you're moving. I like to also add the date of the Move, just to
> remind me when I did what to where. ;O)
>
> Once that's done, hit the "Change Now" button to make all of the
> changes
> necessary for Windows to use the new location instead of the old one.
> When
> it finishes, reboot and then Delete the original. Don't worry about
> losing
> anything. As long as you Copied the original to the new location without
> a
> problem, you can always Move it back if anything should ever go wrong
> here.
> I'll also add that I have used this utility for nearly 10 years and have
> never had a problem with it.
>
>
> Just for kicks, here's another idea for using this. You can change the
> name of the app's main folder, even if you have no intention of Moving it
> somewhere else. Just put the path to the original in BOTH areas and then
> change the name of the app's folder in the second. For instance,
> "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer" in the top one and "C:\Program
> Files\IExplorer" in the second. You'll need to change the folder's name
> just after filling in the two boxes, but just before clicking on the
> "Change
> Now" button. You will probably get one of those dire Windows warning
> boxes
> alerting you to the dangers of what you're doing. Just click Cancel and
> know that Windows is just trying to scare you into only doing things the
> MS
> way. hehe
>
> Peace,
> GMan
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 10:35 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Fonts Tutorial--COA
>
>
>> How about an example of how you have used it giving the steps you went
>> through to do that? Just to get me started.
>> Sandi
>
>
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