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
