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Moving OW to another computer

 

I want to move my installation of OW to another computer.
Do I need to do a new installation or is there an easier way.
I would like to keep all my settings, if possible, so if settings can be copied, that would be a suitable solution.

Vince
 

Hi Vince,

Unfortunately there is no easy way to do that. Settings are saved in the Registry, which was the recommended place 16 years ago when OW was designed.

You need to reinstall OW (or simply copy the directory it is installed in), then manually set all your settings from the OW UI. If you are feeling brave you could do Registry export and import. I'm not going to go in more details than this. If you know how to do that the above info must be sufficient.

Hristo.


On Wednesday, May 31, 2023, 11:18:12 AM GMT+10, V Sempronio <vastronomy@...> wrote:


I want to move my installation of OW to another computer.
Do I need to do a new installation or is there an easier way.
I would like to keep all my settings, if possible, so if settings can be copied, that would be a suitable solution.

Vince
 

Hristo,

I successfully moved my OW installation to a new laptop. It wasn't too painful.
I first logged into my account
The registry hack worked.
To enable "Personal Predictions", I had to create the "Personal" folder and copy the most recent personal file.
I haven't tried all the features I used on the previous installation, but so far, so good.

Vince

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