Great tip Hippy I'll add onto your tip by saying: You can also drag and drop a font file right on top of the font folder without opening the folder itself to also install (at least in XP).

(I keep a shortcut to my windows font file right on top of my desktop for convenience).

AND WOW! 2050 FONTS? WOW!

Angel_Wings keeps a whole backup of her win font folder for safe keeping and then installs and uninstalls fonts to her heart's content keep her font file from getting too big (since she's a dingbat addict).

Jam, the folloing is form the help (correct as MS dictates) inside OE for compacting and backing up your email....

"
To compact and back up mail folders
Select a mail folder, click the File menu, point to Folder, and then click Compact.

To back up the folder, find the folder file, and then copy it to a backup folder, floppy disk, or network drive. Outlook Express mail folders have a .dbx extension (for example, "Sent Items.dbx").
Notes
Some message files might be too large to back up onto a floppy disk.

If you are using a program other than Outlook Express to send e-mail messages to newsgroups, check your e-mail program's documentation for information about compacting and deleting mail folders.
"

the way I explained it, did the whole thing for instan recovery of everything, if you only want to save certain emails, delete the ones you don't need or want and follw the help file way, or zip after deleting and compacting like I mentioned before...

That or you can buy a number of utilities to do it for you that range from 25.00 - $$$

sorry, thats about all the options there are...

Blame it on Bill!!

ah GATES!

Hippy that is an excellent tip for sure, I bet most of use were bit by the font flu bug and foudn out just hooooooooooow sloooooooooooow windows can really really be

wish you could do that with plugins and filters in Photoshop

Thanks for the tips good peoples... IPlural, that zip way you told me earlier didn't work. That's why I asked again. Thanks for all the help.......

Hope ya get it worked out, JM

My theory worked.

I was thinking if you make a 'send to' shortcut to your Photoshop plugins folder and dropped the shortcut into your send to folder...you can send a copy to your plugins folder and yep...it can work...but this would only be successful for plugins that don't need an installer (such as the freebie ones and such).

I have too much time on my hands this morning...

Yeah...it does, Koasati. That's why I trade off fonts a lot rather than keeping them all in the font dir. otherwise...it's slows to a snail's pace...even on my 500 mb ddr ram drive puter.

Hmmm. Fontlister...a new toy for me to look into.

Angel_Wings wonders when Longhorn will be released...

Jen, I had a hard time with text on a path too...but at least you have the Manual...much easier to point to a page

Good! Can't wait to see what you come up with

as long as we are on the windows key :

wk+d = show desktop
wk+e = windows explorer
wk+r = run command
wk+f = find files

Angel_Wings is thinking of some more tips...think...think...think

AHA! By jove, I've got it!

I know that if you are running Desktop X this tip is fairly moot but since I don't...I figure this tip might be helpful... SOOOOO Here goes...

I make a folder on my desktop titled 'shortcuts' for all of my more 'clutter-causing' programs and their respective icons that I don't frequently use but like the convenience of having them only a click away on ye olde desktop... That way I have more desktop art to look at and less clutter.

Also, with Outlook Express...you can click create new and just save the blank. Now swim along into your 'draft' where the blank now resides...open up said blank...click save as on and save it on your desktop as a shortcut. Now you have an 'always fresh' blank draft email to click on should the mood strike you. (I also used to use that as a quick spellcheck cheat rather than firing up MS WORD every time).

Oh...and I also keep a shortcut on my desktop for instant access to my Windows clipboard viewer...on XP do a search for clipbrd.exe and once you find it right click to create a shortcut to it and windows will ask you if you want it on your desktop...click yes and vIolA...er I meant voila Having access to this is handy because if you accidentally leave something HUGE on your clipboard it can slow your puter down HORRIBLY. (Not only that but for security I clear the clipboard if I copy-paste something like my credit card number etc. just to be on the safe side).

That's all I got for now...think I blew a fuse.

motion...that's the sort of thing we manic shell swappers do all the time when updating shell installs...