Sharing: Fix/Repair IM & Restore Style Box Content

Sharing: Fix/Repair IM & Restore Style Box Content - May come in handy for some.... http://vip-cali.com/noback5.zip   Unzip it and save it somewhere and remember where you put it!  It's the last one IM made available to get all of the letters, animations, music, etc., back into your style box. Use this the next time you have lost your IM contents. It will put each letter, animation and song back into whatever folder they were originally saved to, not whatever folder you sorted them into later. So be prepared! You will have to spend some time to do the sorting again. You can make new folders, or rename folders you already have to move your items to wherever you want them to be from now on. It's a pain, but hopefully for the last time  Once you have everything where you want it, DO NOT close out your IM, just minimize it to your task bar. Next, you will need to go to your IM folder that holds all of your goodies. It should be located here: (Replace the name after "Users > " to the name you're using.) (I use "Tempp" on my Computer) Once you open that IM folder you should see the following files: Copy and paste the content.xml file to your desktop, or save it somewhere where it's easy for you to remember. I also made myself a shortcut to this IM folder, because you will need to use it again later. I suggest you make yourself a new folder to keep the shortcut and the copied content.xml file in. It's much more convenient that way. You are now set to easily replace everything the next time you've lost your IM contents, or your personalized content organization. __________________________________________________________________________ How to restore all your style box content when needed: 1. Close your open IM and go to the same folder we just made to copy your content.xml file. 2. Now go back to the same address (the shortcut) and find the current content.xml file that shows in there. (Notice the difference in file size! WOW!) 3. DELETE that file and replace it by pasting the one you copied earlier. 4. Open your IM. After it's open, check to see if the style box looks right. 5. If not, close IM and repeat the delete and paste one more time. It always works the second time, sometimes the first time... If you add anything to your style box after you made the original content.xml copy, you want to make an updated xml copy and delete the old one. Always try to remember to save an updated copy for possible repair later. I know it sounds like a lot, but once you've done it, you will see how fast and easy this work-around is. ___________________________________________________________________________ Fixing/Repairing a temperamental IM  You may want to try this. It has already worked for many people. Remove all the effects you don't really need from your "Options" in IM. 1. Go to your IM Menu > Tools > Options This is what mine looks like now: 2. Let's make sure to check if the IM program is coded correctly so it can be compatible with your current version of Windows 7, 8, 10 etc. (Note: If you upgraded to Windows 10, depending on your previous Windows program, Microsoft updated your machine to whatever worked best for them. Different versions of the old Windows 7 & 8  are compatible with different  Windows 10 versions. They are NOT all the same! My Windows 10 runs with Windows 8 compatibility settings because I had W7 Pro previously. The W7 Home version was converted to a different W10 version! That one is compatible with W7!) You can see what version you were converted to here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/Windows-10-specifications#upgrade Make sure your IM is closed before you do the following! A. Go to your Incredimail Program shortcut and right click on the icon. B. Select Properties (on the bottom of the list) C. The window should pop up to show you more info. Click on the "Compatibility" Tab. D. Click on the button and you will get a new window.               E. On that window (#3) you can change it to Windows 8, 7, etc. ____________________________________ You can run the trouble shooter as well  There are instructions from Microsoft here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/make-older-programs-run#1TC=windows-7 After you did all this, your IM should work better! Maybe not perfect, but a lot better!  You will also want to check Letter Creator!!!