Resurrecting Sticky Notes in W7

[Gene E. Bloch]

Sorry but it seems I've only got Macrium backups of my C drive. I might
have done an image backup with Paragon but I can't really be sure. Maybe
I have got it on one of my external HDs.

But I'll look into this .VHD thing. I take it stands for Virtual Hard
Disk. It might come in handy for future use.

As I just replied elsewhere in this thread, Macrium is one of three
programs that I have used that will mount an image as a virtual drive
with access to all the individual files in the image.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Thanks. Maybe somebody at MS will make a mental note of this.

*You* are the one that should make a mental note of that.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Yep, saw it. Looks like you'd rather not accept responsibility and
would rather blame Microsoft. It's a strange world we live in.


Strange question.

It's beginning to seem to me that he's trying hard to get us to stop
wanting to help him.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

My "prefer backup" program

That was meant to be: My "proper backup" program

My spell checker might have done that, but I am supposed to be alert to
its foibles

 

[Char Jackson]

It's beginning to seem to me that he's trying hard to get us to stop
wanting to help him.

Human nature, I suppose. He wanted sympathy but didn't universally get
it. That's a problem. ;-)

 

[Char Jackson]

I use a very good AV + a very good anti-Malware program to protect my
computer. If MS Win OS's are vulnerable to Viruses and Malware, then it
is MS's duty to make their OS's as robust as possible against viruses
and malware.

Until now, you've been complaining that your xxcopy backup method
missed a specific file and that it was somehow Microsoft's fault. Now
you'd like to reframe the discussion to make it about robustness
against malware. Where will you drop anchor so that we can actually
have a discussion? It's hard to make progress when the goalposts move.

And no, why should it be a strange question? If people come up with
unconditional support for MS, then one begins to wonder whether their
views are impartial. A defense advocate is hardly impartial.

Ok, so save the silly questions for when you see "people come up with
unconditional support for MS". You certainly didn't see that here.

It's OK to be disappointed to learn, sometimes the hard way, that your
backup methods are falling short. All I ask is that you make
adjustments and move on without blaming another entity for what you
were doing. You're responsible, not anyone else.

 

[SC Tom]

Human nature, I suppose. He wanted sympathy but didn't universally get
it. That's a problem. ;-)

The major problem these days seems to be the total inability of an
individual to take responsibility for his or her own actions when it's so
much easier to blame their parents, their upbringing, the fact they were
poor/rich, Big Brother, Microsoft, the government (in general), or anything
else within eyesight.
"It's not my fault I ran over that kid. He shouldn't have been in the street
while I was driving along, texting my girlfriend and eating a cup of Wendy's
chili."

 

[Char Jackson]

The major problem these days seems to be the total inability of an
individual to take responsibility for his or her own actions when it's so
much easier to blame their parents, their upbringing, the fact they were
poor/rich, Big Brother, Microsoft, the government (in general), or anything
else within eyesight.
"It's not my fault I ran over that kid. He shouldn't have been in the street
while I was driving along, texting my girlfriend and eating a cup of Wendy's
chili."

I'm in full agreement, Tom. Thanks.

 

[Paul]

As I just replied elsewhere in this thread, Macrium is one of three
programs that I have used that will mount an image as a virtual drive
with access to all the individual files in the image.

Isn't Macrium a .vhd as well ?

I thought it used VSS for the backup, so .vhd would be a natural form of output.

Paul

 

[...winston]

The option recommended (Imaging program e.g. Caroni's or Windows
Backup/Restore) provides the ability to restore a single file not the image
for the entire system.

You may not have those options with your current backup application or
software, if not then it may be prudent to consider them for future use.


--
....winston
msft mvp mail


"choro" wrote in message

Or backup with an imaging program or Windows Backup and Restore that
provides the ability to restore a previous file.

Thanks for your sound advice, winston, but I think you will find my
reply to your suggestion in my reply to Ed Cryer. But I am not going to
Restore from an Image Backup just for the sake of my Sticky Notes.

 

[...winston]

"choro" wrote in message

Let me express total agreement on that and with Ed Cryer as well, to
emphasize it for choro.

Thanks. Maybe somebody at MS will make a mental note of this.[/QUOTE]
No one from MSFT is reading this group.

The executable for Sticky Notes is installed as a Windows feature by default
(no option to remove or reinstall) into the System32 folder.

The default storage location for Sticky Notes data is in *.snt file in the
userprofile previously noted by others.

Afaics...Those two above noted locations are exactly where MSFT intended
them to be which would preempt (if they were actually monitoring this group)
any need to make a mental note (of this).

Fyi...System File Checker can be used to restore a corrupt or missing Sticky
Note executable (StikyNot.exe).

 

[charlie]

It's beginning to seem to me that he's trying hard to get us to stop
wanting to help him.

I considered Sticky notes as a substitute for the abominable notepad
program, and, by habit, use it (notepad) when I really need to.

 

[Ed Cryer]

I'm in full agreement, Tom. Thanks.

Me too. We have a horrible "compensation culture" in Britain whereby
people trip over a loose flagstone outside a Govt. building and sue for
large sums of money.
I've been pestered by lawyers in the street when they see me with a
plaster on my arm; "Have you put in a claim for that?"
Some even cold-call your home phone, and some send snail-mail asking the
same question (God knows just where they got hold of the list of recent
hospital treatment addresses!)

What it's done is create a culture growth of criminal activity. We have
lots of staged road crashes wherein people not only get full insurance
for writing off an old banger, but they then put in claims for whiplash
injuries.

I always interpret David Cameron's "Big Society" as an attempt to
counter that sort of antisocial, bone-idle grabbing. It is basically a
state of mind, an attitude to life and its problems. That's what has to
be tackled and turned around.

Ed

 

[Ken Blake]

I was pursuing a policy of;
1. System Image every month
2. User files backed up every two months or so.

But there's no need for 2. Once you've done the above once to get the
hang of it, it takes only a few seconds to start browsing the Image next
time.

How often you should back up and what you should back up depends on
you and what you do. For some people there's no need for 2. For
others, the frequency of 2 isn't sufficient.

Essentially you should back up what you can't afford to lose--what you
can't readily recreate. What that is depends on how you use your
computer and what you use it for.

It takes time and effort to backup, but it also takes time and effort
to recreate lost data. If you back up daily, you should never have to
recreate more than one day's worth of last data. If weekly, there's
potentially a lot more to recreate. You should assess how much pain
and trouble you would have if you lost x days of data, and then choose
a backup frequency that doesn't involve more pain and trouble than
that you would have if you had to recreate what was lost.

Some things (photographs, for instance) can never be recreated, and
more frequent backup may be wanted for them.

At one extreme is the professional user who would likely go out of
business if his data was lost. He probably needs to back up at least
daily. At the other extreme is the kid who doesn't use his computer
except to play games. He probably needs no backup at all, since worst
case he can easily reinstall his games.

Most of us fall somewhere between those extremes, but nobody can tell
you where you fall; each person needs to determine that for himself.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Isn't Macrium a .vhd as well ?

I thought it used VSS for the backup, so .vhd would be a natural form of output.

Paul

They call it .mrimg. I've never tried to see it with any other software,
either as is or by changing the extension, so I really have no idea what
the structure of the file is.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

"It's not my fault I ran over that kid. He shouldn't have been in the street
while I was driving along, texting my girlfriend and eating a cup of Wendy's
chili."

First I laughed. Then I cried.

OK, I didn't really cry, but the truth in your irony is a bit painful.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

They call it .mrimg. I've never tried to see it with any other software,
either as is or by changing the extension, so I really have no idea what
the structure of the file is.

I tried it in Disk Management.

"The file or directory is corrupted or unreadable."

with mrimg or vhd.

 

[Paul]

I tried it in Disk Management.

"The file or directory is corrupted or unreadable."

with mrimg or vhd.

I would try the "file" utility on it. But that's just me.

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/file.htm

It's a bit of a pain to set up. (Well, it has the word "GNU" in it.)

Then, in a command prompt, I'd try

file some.mrimg

and it would tell me whether it was VHD or unknown, or something else
appropriate.

The last time I tested it, it had around 110 different descriptions
for text files. So it will always wow you with some observation about
a trivial aspect of a file you feed it.

It's intended for a world, where the file extensions are all a lie.

Paul

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I would try the "file" utility on it. But that's just me.

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/file.htm

It's a bit of a pain to set up. (Well, it has the word "GNU" in it.)

Then, in a command prompt, I'd try

file some.mrimg

and it would tell me whether it was VHD or unknown, or something else
appropriate.

The last time I tested it, it had around 110 different descriptions
for text files. So it will always wow you with some observation about
a trivial aspect of a file you feed it.

It's intended for a world, where the file extensions are all a lie.

Paul

I guess your reply should be addressed to you.

I was telling you what I knew or could *easily* find out in order to
help you (OK, to give an answer to a question you asked). For myself it
doesn't matter - I open these files in Macrium when I need them. That
works fine for me.

 

[Paul]

I guess your reply should be addressed to you.

I was telling you what I knew or could *easily* find out in order to
help you (OK, to give an answer to a question you asked). For myself it
doesn't matter - I open these files in Macrium when I need them. That
works fine for me.

Can you browse in Macrium ?

That's all that is needed to find a single replacement file.

If you can't browse the Macrium images, then another solution
is in order.

Paul