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From: gettys@regent.enet.dec.com (Bob Gettys N1BRM)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: MS WFW demo trashes Program Manager groups!
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Date: 9 Nov 90 20:19:43 GMT
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In article <1903@meaddata.meaddata.com>, nxh@meaddata.com (Nobuya "Higgy" Higashiyama) writes...
>Has this happened to you?
> 
>I ordered the free working model of WFW from Microsoft.  I got it in a few
>weeks, and proceeded to install it as described.  Lo and behold, it proceeded
>to delete all .GRP files so that only WFW demo .GRP file was left!  It took me
>about 30 minutes to restore all the program groups just the way I had it before
>(I know, I know, I should have backed up regularly).
> 
>So, if you're planning on checking out their working models, be sure to back up
>your /WINDOWS directory before installing it.  Just a friendly warning ...
> 





	Funny, I got the Project for Windows demo and have loaded it on two
different machines and didn't have any such trouble (no trouble, in fact).





	/s/	Bob Gettys