POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : POV-Ray Windows Registry Key : Re: POV-Ray Windows Registry Key Server Time
10 Aug 2024 05:19:12 EDT (-0400)
  Re: POV-Ray Windows Registry Key  
From: Ken
Date: 2 Mar 2000 21:27:13
Message: <38BF2146.3EA4F441@pacbell.net>
Richard Speir wrote:
> 
> I have two harddrives on my computer.  I have windows on the C drive and
> POV on the D drive.  I recently had to format my C drive and reinstall
> Windows.  Now, when I try to run POV, it complains that it can't find
> its registry keys.  I really don't want to reinstall POV as I have a lot
> of settings, files, and directories set up the way I want them.

One trick you can do before an install of POV-Ray and keep existing files
and setting is to merely renamed it's existing directory. When the install
is finished remove the installed directory tree and rename the older one
to it's original name.

-- 
Ken Tyler -  1300+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/


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