How can I find desktop settings, save and then later restore them. I am particularly interested in the System settings, which include Screen, confirmations, background, etc. I know I should be able to use SysINI to find the settings, but I have not found the right combination to ask for.
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I need to clarify what I am asking. I am developing a backup program for OS/2. This program will copy bitmaps, emulator sessions setting, Netscape cache etc., to a sever which can be copied to another box, or back to the original box. I want to copy desktop settings as well, anything found in system properties.
ANANDK, please do not post "comments" or "questions",
and claim that they are "answers".
Henk (not 'Hank') Kelder's web-page is:
http://www.os2ss.com/infor
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WPTOOLS is a collection of OS/2 specific tools.
Some tools in the archive are:
CHECKINI - Checks Workplace shell related stuff in the OS2.INI and OS2SYS.INI, mainly
intended to keep the INI-Files clean and (relatively small) and thus have the best
performance while using the workplace Shell;
WPSBKP - Make a backup of most workplace shell objects in a text file. This text file can
be used to restore a customised workplace shell after the desktop has be reinstalled or to
port parts to another machine;
WPSREST - Restores a backup made with WPSBKP;
RESETWPS - Resets the workplace shell without rebooting;
WPTOOLS.DLL - A dynamic link library that, amongst other things, can be used from
REXX to query object settings. This DLL is also used by WPSBKP to query object
settings. As far as I know this is the only tool in the world to query setup strings.
DEFASSOC.EXE- Manipulate Associations from the command line
GETOBJ.EXE- Query object settings from the command line
DBILLING, although OTTA provided most of the information
that you asked for, you "accepted" another person's answer.
I hope that this was an accident.
Anyway, ANANDK now has his/her first answer-points,
for whatever they are worth. It's good to have an
"IBM-insider" in this forum, to answer questions
about the OS/2 Kernel and the OS/2 HPFS,
and, maybe, to tell us when a "Warp 5 client"
will be available to users of OS/2.
> ANADK did tell me where to find the information
> Although OTTA provided most of the information,
> he did not tell me where I could find it.
Hmmmm
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Otta wrote (Tuesday, October 12 1999 - 11:04PM PDT):
> Henk (not 'Hank') Kelder's web-page is:
> http://www.os2ss.com/infor
Are you *sure* that Otta didn't provide the URL? :-)
> Although I searched the internet using several
> search engines, I could not find it.
I tried:
http://www.altavista.com/c
and found:
http://www.nfwa.com/os2/so
Also, http://OS2.ABOUT.COM is a good source of OS/2 information.
I've got a bit-bucket-full of answer-points.
It's too much effort to try to re-assign
the answer-points for this question.
Please don't waste anybody's time trying to "correct"
this situation -- "live and learn".
P.S. I consider my E-mail address to be "private".
Perhaps, if you stated a reason for your request,
then I may oblige. Until then, I'm "anonymous".
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by: OttaPosted on 1999-10-06 at 22:17:20ID: 2105570
Right-click the mouse anywhere on the OS/2 desktop.
Choose "Properties".
Choose "Archive".
Select "Create archive at each system startup".
Close the window.
Shutdown OS/2.
Reboot OS/2, and it will save everything.
Repeat the mouse-clicking,
this time de-selecting "Create archive...".