Valuable Microsoft User Data folder cannot be risked

[Norman R. Nager, Ph.D.]

In response to a question on what other Office preferences to remove to
return to default preferences, a respondent to this newsgroup on Sept. 18
advised:

You missed the biggy at ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data.
Dump that one and you should be good to go.

Of course, most of us know that would be an extremely costly mistake. But
there may be some who less familiar with Office X. To those individuals
who read such "advice," please know that removal of Microsoft User Data
would sacrifice your entire Office identities database--all your contacts,
notes, tasks, mail, calendar entries, and such other important items as the
custom dictionary.

To prevent that from ever accidentally happening, most of us take extra care
to maintain current backup copies of the Microsoft User Data on a CD set
and, for those who have one, another drive.

 

[Jim Gordon]

Hi Norman,

This is a great message, but it should have been added to the thread to
which it applies. Although it is generally bad practice to post duplicate
messages, if you can find the original thread please add your thoughts to
that thread since those are the people who are likely to see the less than
stellar advice you refer to.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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[Jim Gordon]

Hi again,

Now I see that you have already taken care of the proper posting. Excellent!

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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