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Vista Won't Let Me Create XP-Style Directory Tree for Old Template Files
To all:
I recently upgraded from Windows XP to Vista SP1. I have many years of WP documents using the "Image on Disk" feature to create my company's stationery on the fly without having to store a copy of the logo & graphics in each document. I used WP's default directory structure when storing the images and documents. Under Vista, it appears to be impossible to create the XP-style directory location for WP 12 or WP X4 to find the graphics. Has anyone discovered a workaround for this problem under Vista? Thanks! |
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Vista Won't Let Me Create XP-Style Directory Tree for Old Template Files
"Michael Wyland" wrote in message
news To all: I recently upgraded from Windows XP to Vista SP1. I have many years of WP documents using the "Image on Disk" feature to create my company's stationery on the fly without having to store a copy of the logo & graphics in each document. I used WP's default directory structure when storing the images and documents. Under Vista, it appears to be impossible to create the XP-style directory location for WP 12 or WP X4 to find the graphics. Has anyone discovered a workaround for this problem under Vista? Thanks! There's one MVP I know of that's a WP user so you may get a response. I suggest that you also take this to the WordPerfectX3 or WordPerfect X4 newsgroup on Corel's newsserver cnews.corel.com. |
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Vista Won't Let Me Create XP-Style Directory Tree for Old Template Files
Pete:
I've posted to the Corel WP X4 newsgroup (I'm a former C_TECH volunteer). The issue isn't really a WP one, though. The problem is that Vista won't let me create certain directories that were standard under XP, such as C:\documents and settings\owner\my documents. Michael Wyland |
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Vista Won't Let Me Create XP-Style Directory Tree for Old Template Files
"Michael Wyland" wrote in message
... Pete: I've posted to the Corel WP X4 newsgroup (I'm a former C_TECH volunteer). The issue isn't really a WP one, though. The problem is that Vista won't let me create certain directories that were standard under XP, such as C:\documents and settings\owner\my documents. Michael Wyland The reason I suggested the Corel newsgroups is that perhaps someone there may have a solution/workaround. I suspect that the mention of WP in the message might cause most people to just continue on to the next thread. Not that I'm a heavy WP user (I use it at home, I use MS Office at work where I have no choice), I have little word processing to do at home where I use WP but how long ago were you a C_TECH volunteer? I don't recall "running in to you" in the newsgroups but maybe we did. I do remember Deborah Earle. Extremely knowledgable and nice lady. |
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Vista Won't Let Me Create XP-Style Directory Tree for Old Template Files
On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:09:23 -0500, "Michael Wyland"
wrote: I recently upgraded from Windows XP to Vista SP1. I have many years of WP documents using the "Image on Disk" feature to create my company's stationery on the fly without having to store a copy of the logo & graphics in each document. I used WP's default directory structure when storing the images and documents. Under Vista, it appears to be impossible to create the XP-style directory location for WP 12 or WP X4 to find the graphics. Has anyone discovered a workaround for this problem under Vista? Michael, Vista supplies a junction for C:\Documents and Settings which points to \username\. Within that folder is the junction My Documents which points to Vista's Documents folder. So have you tried simply copying your old graphics sub folder to your Vista Documents folder, in effect completing the old path? If the username is the same in Vista as it was in XP, maybe WP will find your graphics. It's a long shot but easy to try. There is more info on junctions on the Web, for example: http://www.svrops.com/svrops/articles/jpoints.htm Doug M. in NJ |
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Vista Won't Let Me Create XP-Style Directory Tree for Old Template Files
"Pete Stavrakoglou" wrote in message ... "Michael Wyland" wrote in message ... Pete: I've posted to the Corel WP X4 newsgroup (I'm a former C_TECH volunteer). The issue isn't really a WP one, though. The problem is that Vista won't let me create certain directories that were standard under XP, such as C:\documents and settings\owner\my documents. Michael Wyland The reason I suggested the Corel newsgroups is that perhaps someone there may have a solution/workaround. I suspect that the mention of WP in the message might cause most people to just continue on to the next thread. Not that I'm a heavy WP user (I use it at home, I use MS Office at work where I have no choice), I have little word processing to do at home where I use WP but how long ago were you a C_TECH volunteer? I don't recall "running in to you" in the newsgroups but maybe we did. I do remember Deborah Earle. Extremely knowledgable and nice lady. I was the original WP BBS volunteer support person in the early 1990s. I became part of a group of WP volunteer support people on CompuServe who later migrated with WP to Novell and then to Corel in the mid- to late 1990s. WP, and later Novell, brought us all into Utah once a year, and Corel had us come to Ottawa for face-to-face time, product briefings from developers, etc. Novell even did a Bahamas cruise for all us "Netwire" folks back in 1995. I still have the T-shirt! I stopped doing volunteer support as the questions transitioned from issues of features, functionality, and program error messages to issues of networkng (especially Novell networking) issues and operating system-related issues (like this thread). |
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Vista Won't Let Me Create XP-Style Directory Tree for Old Template Files
"Michael Wyland" wrote in message
... "Pete Stavrakoglou" wrote in message ... "Michael Wyland" wrote in message ... Pete: I've posted to the Corel WP X4 newsgroup (I'm a former C_TECH volunteer). The issue isn't really a WP one, though. The problem is that Vista won't let me create certain directories that were standard under XP, such as C:\documents and settings\owner\my documents. Michael Wyland The reason I suggested the Corel newsgroups is that perhaps someone there may have a solution/workaround. I suspect that the mention of WP in the message might cause most people to just continue on to the next thread. Not that I'm a heavy WP user (I use it at home, I use MS Office at work where I have no choice), I have little word processing to do at home where I use WP but how long ago were you a C_TECH volunteer? I don't recall "running in to you" in the newsgroups but maybe we did. I do remember Deborah Earle. Extremely knowledgable and nice lady. I was the original WP BBS volunteer support person in the early 1990s. I became part of a group of WP volunteer support people on CompuServe who later migrated with WP to Novell and then to Corel in the mid- to late 1990s. WP, and later Novell, brought us all into Utah once a year, and Corel had us come to Ottawa for face-to-face time, product briefings from developers, etc. Novell even did a Bahamas cruise for all us "Netwire" folks back in 1995. I still have the T-shirt! I stopped doing volunteer support as the questions transitioned from issues of features, functionality, and program error messages to issues of networkng (especially Novell networking) issues and operating system-related issues (like this thread). That's some history you have with the product and companies. BTW, any t-shirt that I would have from 1995 wouldn't fit me now. |