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Article #113Re: Migrating the desktop with Object Package
From: David T. Johnson
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 02:25
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 02:25
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Victor Bien wrote: > Because it is not possible to install version 4.52 onto an existing > desktop it is desirable to somehow automatically move the objects from > the old desktop over to the new. I installed Warp 4.52 over the top of my Warp 4.51 desktop without any problems. At the end of the install, I did not have to reinstall any apps or hardware. The Warp 4.52 installer even recognized that my java 1.3.1 was more recent than the java that came with Warp 4.52 and left it in place. My installed printers were left in the 'printers' folder of the 'previous desktop' folder. To bring them over to Warp 4.52, I had to drag each of them (the printer object, that is) into the new 'printers' folder in the 'connections' folder. The only thing that the Warp 4.52 installer messed up on was that it downleveled a couple of my newer USB drivers (audio and MSD). Other than that, it did a perfect job. I did the install by booting directly from the CD-ROM and then installing onto the same drive that Warp 4.51 had been installed on. (I had a complete backup of the drive.) The installer correctly selected the Warp 4.51 drive as its target and gave me the option of formatting the drive but recommended that I not do so. The entire install took about 30 minutes. -- Posted with OS/2 Warp 4.52 and IBM Web Browser v2.0
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