Hi Leif, Saturday, October 26, 2002, 7:23:56 PM, you wrote:
LG> Hello Ben, LG> On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 at 19:07:09 [GMT -0600], you wrote: BP>> I Have a new computer system coming in next week and would like to BP>> move TheBat and all its associated files to the new system. What BP>> are my options... LG> <Moderator> LG> Please try to avoid changing the subject of a thread to something LG> completely unrelated. Those who thread by reference will never see LG> your post if the thread topic doesn't interest them (even if your LG> message has a different subject, because your message will be buried LG> in a thread that is of a different subject than yours). LG> </Moderator> LG> But to answer your question, do the following: LG> 1. Click Start button, Choose Run, type REGEDIT, hit enter LG> 2. Click the plus in front of HKEY_CURRENT_USER LG> 3. Click the plus in front of Software LG> 4. Click once on RIT, from the menu click REGISTRY, then EXPORT LG> REGISTRY FILE, save it to a floppy disk or something you can get to LG> from your new machine. LG> 5. Copy/save/archive/backup your C:\Program Files\The Bat! directory LG> to CD or ZIP disk or whatever. LG> 6. On the new machine, install the latest official release of TheBat! LG> However when you get to the part about creating accounts, exit the LG> installation. LG> 7. Unzip or un-archive your backup of TheBat into the C:\Program Files LG> directory. LG> 8. Double-click the exported registry key, and import it to the LG> registry. LG> 9. Start The Bat! normally, and it'll come up totally registered with LG> your key and all your accounts, filters, folders, and settings will LG> be correct. LG> The only caveat to this, is that you need to install The Bat! to the LG> same drive and directory on the new machine as the old. You can move LG> it to a different drive/directory, but you're looking at a lot of work LG> depending on how much you've customized The Bat. LG> The other issue is that if your new machine is NT/2K/XP, when you do LG> step 8, you need to be logged in as the user who will be accessing the LG> The Bat accounts. You can do step 8 for more than one user though, so LG> log in as each user, do step 8, and then each of those log-ons will LG> work fine. LG> That should cover it. LG> Cheers, LG> Leif Gregory Sounds like a bit like what I remember from a long time ago, but had since forgotten. but..... Since I installed TheBat on Drive D on my current machine, and my new one doesn't have a drive D it won't so easy... My current machine is a Desktop and my new one is a Laptop.. Does that mean that I will have to install TheBat on the new machine and not be able to take advantage of the Backup? Or will I have to do a file import? Since I am on a LAN will that make it easier? Thanks -- Best regards, Ben mailto:bpugsley@;worldnet.att.net http://home.att.net/~bpugsley (Our Home Pages) http://www.geocities.com/heartland/8112/index2.html (Sewing Machines) ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
