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Yue - 26 Mar 2004 22:00 GMT

I want to transfer auto-complete forms information from
one machine (win 95 and IE 5.5 ) to another in win 2000
and IE 6.0. I used regedit to export
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\IntelliForms\SPW
from old one to new one. But it failed. On new machine old
auto-complete forms information don't show up. Any reason
and
how to fix it? Thanks.

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Hugh Candlin - 26 Mar 2004 22:31 GMT

> I want to transfer auto-complete forms information from
> one machine (win 95 and IE 5.5 ) to another in win 2000
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> and
> how to fix it? Thanks.

Search for ACL extension files. Try copying those.

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 27 Mar 2004 07:53 GMT

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>Search for ACL extension files. Try copying those.

Copying to where? I search on the win 2000 and only files
with acl extension are in the microsoft office directory.

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Hugh Candlin - 28 Mar 2004 04:59 GMT

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> Copying to where?

To the same directory on the Win 2K machine
that you find them in on the Win 95 machine.

> I search on the win 2000 and only files
> with acl extension are in the microsoft office directory.

Why search on the Win 2K machine? The information
that you need to copy is on the Win 95 machine.

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glee - 28 Mar 2004 07:27 GMT

> >-----Original Message-----
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> Copying to where? I search on the win 2000 and only files
> with acl extension are in the microsoft office directory.

The .acl file extension is used by MS Office for AutoCorrect List files, and MS Access Control List files.
AFAIK they are not used by AutoComplete......I presume you mean AutoComplete in Internet Explorer.

In what way did the import of the Registry key fail?
What happened when you tried to import the key you exported from the other machine?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\IntelliForms\SPW

The workaround in this article may provide clues as to where the info is stored on Win 2000:
The Copy To profile feature does NOT copy Internet Explorer AutoComplete data:
http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBO/tip7100/rh7138.htm

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