Kelli, I do not believe a reinstall will touch your files however compress them all into a zipfile as a backup and move that elsewhere for safety.
I do not think the number of files is caused by tiddlydesktop. But I will review your post tomorrow. +12 hours. Regards Tony On Tue, Jul 2, 2019, 11:23 PM Kelli Jae Baeli <[email protected]> wrote: > see, now this is sounding complicated and destructive. will this affect > the files i've already created? > > On Monday, July 1, 2019 at 5:01:59 AM UTC-5, Jeremy Ruston wrote: >> >> Just to add that it's not enough to delete and re-install TiddlyDesktop. >> One also needs to delete the application data folder. The location of the >> folder depends on your operating system, though. On Macs it's in >> ~/Library/Application Support/TiddlyDesktop, and I believe it's >> C:\Users[YOUR_USER_NAME]\AppData\Local\TiddlyWiki >> on Windows. >> >> Best wishes >> >> Jeremy. >> >> -- >> Jeremy Ruston >> [email protected] >> https://jermolene.com >> >> On 1 Jul 2019, at 05:51, TonyM <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Kelli, >> >> I think you are taking a path that is confusing you. Personally I suggest >> deleting TiddlyDesktop (TS) and installing it a fresh. Tiddly desktops >> backstage is how tiddlydesktop works, *I suggest do not touch it.* >> >> Now go to tiddlywiki.com and down load empty.html and save it somewhere >> in you documents. Copy this file to text.html or any new wiki name you want >> to create as many times as you want, each copy creates a new wiki. Now open >> TiddlyDesktop (TS) and add a TiddlyWiki file. Browse to a wiki file and >> select it. It will now be listed in TS, click open and make changes to you >> wiki as you want. >> >> If you use the nodeJS version of tiddlywiki to create a wiki, it will >> result in a folders version of tiddlywiki, which you can also select to >> list in TiddlyDesktop and open if from there. In both cases tiddlydesktop >> automatically saves you wiki where you opened it. >> >> Key advantages of TiddlyWiki desktop >> >> - Has its own built in browser >> - Can link to an open local applications and folders (can't on >> regular browsers because of security) >> - Can be used to share the wiki on your local area network (I have >> not tested this) >> >> If you just want to play and get a little confidence try >> https://noteself.github.io/ online >> >> If you use FireFox I recommend installing Timimi which will allow you to >> open and automatically save File:// addressed Tiddlywikis in your browser. >> Some prefer this over TiddlyDesktop because of the add-ins and tools >> available in their favorite browser. >> >> Best of luck >> Tony >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sunday, June 30, 2019 at 10:33:28 AM UTC+10, Kelli Jae Baeli wrote: >>> >>> Is this where i can get help? >>> i'm very new at this, and while i have some knowledge of html and CSS >>> through years of website management, tiddlywiki has a learning curve, and >>> i'm at the starting line. >>> So. >>> I would much appreciate some help on this. >>> I'm using TW desktop. Windows 10/Firefox. >>> I had created a few tinkles. LOL. tiddles? oh, tiddlers. yeah. >>> and i had added some buttons i wanted in the settings/setup. It was >>> starting to make sense. >>> >>> [image: 2019-06-29 19_41_02-TiddlyDesktop – Main.png]then i added some >>> of the plugins on the list, and refreshed, and nothing came back. >>> i closed out and tried to start again and couldn't figure out how to >>> start it again. >>> when i clicked the TW desktop icon on my taskbar, I clicked on backstage >>> button where i found the place to enter tiddlers finally, and nothing >>> opened. no backstage. >>> >>> >>> I tried opening the html files where i stored it on an external drive >>> and still nothing. >>> (I had created a storage folder, MyTiddlyWiki, on my external hard >>> drive, and it had two files --- main (1).html and main.html) >>> >>> did i somehow delete everything? >>> how do i get to that backstage area again? (and next time). Do i need to >>> just create a link on my desktop to the tiddlywiki folder? or html file? >>> Where oh where did my newly created tiddlers go? >>> I feel like Little Bo Peep. >>> >>> ADDENDUM: >>> by the way, when i opened the html file, it sent me here, with these >>> errors. >>> [image: 2019-06-29 19_37_28-TiddlyWiki — errorplugins.png] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> [image: 2019-06-29 20_40_00-.png] >>> ADDENDUM AGAIN: okay, i guess i was being a noob. i did find the >>> tiddlers i created under a tab in the sidebar. so guess they weren't lost, >>> I WAS. :) >>> >>> >>> Still have the issue with the errors that pop up after adding plugins, >>> and also why i can't get the backstage button to work like it did >>> before.... could use help with that. >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TiddlyWiki" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/9e6dfb85-5635-411f-ad0b-25c345147b21%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/9e6dfb85-5635-411f-ad0b-25c345147b21%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tiddlywiki/ILTjONz9X0U/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/ed7b00e2-6ad7-46c2-9363-55fc36818311%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/ed7b00e2-6ad7-46c2-9363-55fc36818311%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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