Fresh install question

[countingsheep]

While learning how to make changes to oscommerce, I seem to forget where I removed some features and now would like them back. Since I already have a working site can I do a fresh install of oscommerce and not lose any of my products or admin settings that I have already included?

[brianstorm]

have you installed any mods? if not you should be able to drop in the original files over your current ones... it may go wrong though so perhaps trying it in a separate subfolder (you'll need to copy the 2 configure.php files from your existing site & temporarily amend them to reflect the different paths) - no need to upload and run the install folder & files, just upload the catalog & admin files from a fresh oscommerce - it may be worth ensuring that your are using the same version as currenly installed in case of db design changes between versions)

[countingsheep]

have you installed any mods? if not you should be able to drop in the original files over your current ones... it may go wrong though so perhaps trying it in a separate subfolder (you'll need to copy the 2 configure.php files from your existing site & temporarily amend them to reflect the different paths) - no need to upload and run the install folder & files, just upload the catalog & admin files from a fresh oscommerce - it may be worth ensuring that your are using the same version as currenly installed in case of db design changes between versions)

Thanks for the reply. I will give it a try by putting them in a sub folder, that seems to be a safe way to do it. I appreciate your help.