I did this today, just to see what it looked like. Wow did this mess things up.
Here is the error on the forum main page
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Software error:
Can't find string terminator '"' anywhere before EOF at C:/Web Sites/forum/vars_display.cgi line 33.
For help, please send mail to this site's webmaster, giving this error message and the time and date of the error. Set-Cookie: session2452167.1628=10-24-2001%2012%3A57%20PM&2452207.1257; path=/ Set-Cookie: login2452167.1628=10-24-2001%2001%3A16%20PM&2452207.1316; path=/; expires=Thu, 24-Oct-2002 18:16:45 GMT Set-Cookie: ubber2452167.1628=knightmb&XXXXXXX&Michael&45&00000001; path=/; expires=Fri, 24-Oct-2003 18:16:45 GMT Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 18:16:45 GMT Charset: ISO-8859-1 Content-Type: text/html
[/QUOTE]So I decided, oops bad thing better set it back, but now I can't set anything in the control panel, I get this error:
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[Wed Oct 24 13:17:43 2001] C:Web Sitesforumcp.cgi: Bareword found where operator expected at C:/Web Sites/forum/vars_display.cgi line 33, near "q~

Can't find string terminator '"' anywhere before EOF at C:/Web Sites/forum/vars_display.cgi line 33.

[/QUOTE]The forum is all messed up now I'm hoping if I set the settings back to what they were I can fix it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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[This message was edited by Charles Capps on November 05, 2002 at 10:31 AM.]

It looks like your vars_display.cgi file has been corrupted - you will need to upload a new copy from the zip file, then reset your General Display Settings.

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Charles Capps
Programmer, Infopop Corporation
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That fixed it, thanks again!! No idea how that happened, good thing I keep backups