Re[2]: Moving The Bat to another computer with same OS
Allie, Sunday, August 24, 2003, 11:44:54 PM, you wrote: AM Craig Westerman, [CW] wrote: CW Can I just backup The Bat on 1st computer. Install TB on 2nd CW computer and restore it from backup file of 1st computer? CW Or is there another preferred method to move TB to new computer? AM This is the easiest method if it works. Unfortunately, for inexplicable AM reasons, it hasn't worked out for some. I've been using the same AM installation of TB! since I registered in 1999 across multiple machines AM and multiple OS installations. TB!'s backup and restore routing worked AM for me without problems on 3 of those occasions (no failures when I used AM it). AM Just be sure not to delete the original installation unless you have a AM restored installation on your new machine. AM If this routine doesn't work, then you could do it the manual way. This AM would involve copying the installation to the new machine, exporting the AM registry key for TB!, restoring the key to the new system and making AM changes as needed to the path related key entry values. -- I just spent maybe 5 minutes total moving The Bat! with all of my folders, mail messages, attachments, filters, settings, preferences, etc from my development machine to my main computer. As far as I can tell it was 100% successful. This was by far the easiest e-mail move I have ever experienced. My hat is off to TB! dev crew. -- Craig Westerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Bat! v 1.62r Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 Text/HTML/PHP Editor - NoteTab Pro v 4.95 Text Organizer - Personal Knowbase v 2.1 FreeBSD - Apache - MySQL - PHP -- Current version is 1.62r | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Moving The Bat to another computer with same OS
Can I just backup The Bat on 1st computer. Install TB on 2nd computer and restore it from backup file of 1st computer? Or is there another preferred method to move TB to new computer? -- Craig Westerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Bat! v 1.62r Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 Text/HTML/PHP Editor - NoteTab Pro v 4.95 Text Organizer - Personal Knowbase v 2.1 FreeBSD - Apache - MySQL - PHP Current version is 1.62r | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Moving The Bat to another computer with same OS
Craig Westerman, [CW] wrote: CW Can I just backup The Bat on 1st computer. Install TB on 2nd CW computer and restore it from backup file of 1st computer? CW Or is there another preferred method to move TB to new computer? This is the easiest method if it works. Unfortunately, for inexplicable reasons, it hasn't worked out for some. I've been using the same installation of TB! since I registered in 1999 across multiple machines and multiple OS installations. TB!'s backup and restore routing worked for me without problems on 3 of those occasions (no failures when I used it). Just be sure not to delete the original installation unless you have a restored installation on your new machine. If this routine doesn't work, then you could do it the manual way. This would involve copying the installation to the new machine, exporting the registry key for TB!, restoring the key to the new system and making changes as needed to the path related key entry values. -- -= allie_M =- | List Moderator PGPKeys: http://www.ac-martin.com/pgpkeys.html _ pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 1.62r | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Moving The Bat to another computer with same OS
Monday, August 25, 2003, 12:44:54 AM, Allie Martin wrote: AM If this routine doesn't work, then you could do it the manual way. This Hi, the ability to 'manually install' TB is something I was drawn to. I have a common partition that I have TB reside on and 3 different versions of windows swap in/out of C: all sharing the common TB install. Seems to work without a hitch although there was a slight amount of registry editing needed. Mind you I did install it once and pluck out the RIT registry chain before I removed that partition and re-imaged it. However I don't think I really had to since TB simply created the missing reg entries (defaults of course) in the other OS when I ran the client. Seems much of the configuration information resides in the TB home directory so reconfiguring was quite minimal to have each OS-TB combination work the same. With regard to the backup feature, it has worked perfectly for me during the re-partitioning, OS swapping and so forth that I was doing seeing how TB will work not really being installed on any of the 3 windows partitions that I can boot. Also, unlike some programs you need not worry if your account(s) don't show up as expected. Create new account - pointing to the directory where the files are.. works great. I SO THRILLED about how everything is so un-bound from windows and all the nasty underpinnings that make migration from-to another computer, backups, restore, etc so painless with TB. Craig, my two cents are to go with your gut feeling and use the (backup) TBK file. Works well. And as Allie said, manually moving it is no hassle. Pixie -- Using The Bat! v1.62r on Windows 95 4.0 Current version is 1.62r | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
