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I upgraded from Vista to Win7 adn backed up everything I needed . . except my skins.
Again.
Time for a DX widget to do it for me.
After a search in the DX galleries I *did* find these. . which doesn't help but are awfully cool.
Ah Zu.... Too bad. Are you sure A backup wasn't made for you? Might be called "Windows Old". Check Under "Users". And, take a look at this post. Print a copy.... https://forums.wincustomize.com/403821
That's what happens when you spend all your time on Facebook calling some innocent fellow skinner names.
dweeb.
Spend a little less time on your pants and a little more time on your backups.
hack.
Forgo coz you spent so much time working on your Zubish Dictionary.
Yes, it's an important tome, but you must tend to 'other' priorities as well. 
But seriously, if you didn't format the drive prior to re-writing you should have the 'Windows Old' folder Doc is speaking of.
Your WB, IP and CFX files would be in Users/Public/Public Documents/Stardock...
Your DX and ObjectDock files in their respective folders in Program Files/Stardock....
Dreams should be in your documents folder... depending on personal preference...
LogonStudio should be in Program Data/Stardock/Logonstudio.
I format. That's how I roll.
I also do crossword puzzles in ink . . . oddly enough nonr of my words fit just right. Go figure.
zu, if you had taken my advice over that make over i gave you a few years back...........this would NEVER have happened!!!
Bet no one else noticed both Doc's and Kitty's avatars vanish. Poof! Gone. Just like that. I really wish this weird stuff would happen to someone else. Jeez!
Can't even spell his own name. 
Hey Zu... go here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932912/
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9760027 <----- tool
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9760027
Should be a tool to help restore your personal files. 
Doc...you must have missed this part.
I did.... too bad he chose that option. Poor Zu. Crap. Thought I found a rescue for him.
The windows.old thing didn't happen?
Always does for me. I always have to spend 1/2 hour deleting it.
Formatting is like taking a giant eraser to your HDD. If it isn't saved its gone. Sorry to hear that Zubaz.
I always format before a fresh install...it's cleaner. My installs normally go like this.....
OK, am I ready... did I back everything up...
pictures, check
music, check
documents, check
games and programs I can't replace, check
OK, lets's do this...ok to delete partition...yes
ARRRRR...SHIT...STOP....damn, did I back up last years taxes?
Oh well, guess I didn't need those.
There's always something. Here's what I plan to do when I'm ready. First..... my backup partition is where everything goes that I have done or downloaded. This gets copied first to my Xternal HDD. Then My documents folder, Libraries, download folder, Utilities, programs...essentially everything that I access from my screen. That takes care of just about all I'll need. Being that I have all the installer packages returning my programs, while tedious, makes it easier. I have triple redundancy. A back up for my back up.
Zu....in the whole, wide world there are only TWO kinds of Computer User....
Those who back-up.....and those who cry....;)
There are data recovery tools which could help you get back your skins, even after a reformat.... majorgeeks has several [many freeware] to choose from.
Hope rears its head. All may not be lost. Worth checking out I think. thanks starkers.
A skin liubrary needs a good going through now and again. I'm not upset about it . . but I am building a backup widget for my own use.
All u have to do, is give me a shout, I have all the ones u use.. \ bastardize......
I use SyncBack to automatically backup my stuff. Set it and forget it.
Heh, I actually got it after I saw Jafo recommend it. Been using it ever since. Good price and generous licensing too.
Because you can't find that little button that says bakcup my sikns?
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