[DM-MUG] REinstall of OS = What to do with PreviousSystem

[Darcy Baston]

I've had to deal with that before. For some apps, dragging the Pref  
panes back into the user library is all you have to do, but I think  
that's the minority. For others, you have to restore the app's folder  
from the previous /users/yourname/library/application support among  
other things. Unsanity apps like Windowshade use a layer of software  
called Application Enhancer. I think that does something closer to  
the system that I don't know how to restore manually.

I think you should reinstall, and then try to move prefs files back  
over, but this can be touchy if the new os install you did uses a  
different user name than before (affects paths to /Users/username).  
Nothing safer than starting completely fresh. :)

Darcy

On Sep 18, 2006, at 7:38 PM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:

I did an OS reinstall and software update etc. but now have a number  
of preference panes [e.g. Windowshade, SErvices etc.] that are in the  
PreviousSystem not the 'new' system == my assumption is that I cannot  
just click and drag back to the PrefPanes area of Library but just  
thought I'd ask = I am assuming I need to redownload and restall???
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