re-install

[Ash Wyllie]

I've just re-installed Ubuntu. Before I started I backed up /home/user
to an external drive. I then copied the backup to /home on the new
system. 

But evolution and fstop (and others?) behave as if it is a new
installation and don't see the data in .evolution and Pictures/Photos.

Is there a way to force these programs to recognize okd data in this
situation?

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                                            -ash
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