Hello Sam, On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 23:03:43 -0500 GMT (15-Jan-17, 11:03 +0700 GMT), Sam Brown wrote:
> Saturday, January 14, 2017, 9:38:48 PM, Rick wrote: >>>>> Copy your mail directory to somewhere where you can restore from. >>>>> Run this and change the path to where you want it to go and rename >>>>> it to something that makes sense for you as this example would put >>>>> "test.reg" in the "C:\test". i put mine in the mail directory >>>>> regedit /e c:\test\test.reg HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RIT >>>> Thank you! >>> This works only if you have the same directory structure and disk >>> names. R>> ??? How so? I have my mail directory on my E:\ drive. You have to R>> adjust the path of the REG file that was in my example, but then it works >>> Another way is to use the internal backup function (under Tools) and >>> create a .tbk file. Move this file to a removable disk. >>> I have done this a couple of times. R>> That is the ideal way if the TBK file doesn't go corrupt which I R>> have had happen several times. I personally don't trust it but you R>> are correct - that is the best way to do it > I don't trust the backup function either. If there's any corruption > in the backup file, you lose everything. > Just copy the mail directory from one computer to the other using > whatever works for you (external drive, USB stick, cloud drive) and > then copy it down to the new computer wherever you like. Install TB! > on the new machine and once you've started it up, go to Preferences > and then System and set the Mail directory to wherever you copied > the mail directory to. It takes time to copy everything, of course, > but it's unlikely anything will go wrong. Whether this would work without copying the registry as Rick said is another question. In any case, backing up manually is always recommended; but I would use the manual way only if the automated backup-restore doesn't work. It has worked without problems the last couple of times over the years. -- Cheers, Thomas. Travel Map: http://matadornetwork.com/travel-map/db757901ff009eef93a2fc09521fb6bf-1482632877 Message reply created with The Bat! 7.4.4 under Windows 10.0 Build 14393 ________________________________________________ Current version is 7.1 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
