CLCL ... What do i need to Backup and RESTORE my items ive Copied ??

[screenshot1]

Hi, Ive just had to reinstall my 'C' drive, no problems .. i went to 'Program Files' then to my CLCL folder, and put in the Files from my 'Backup' but it wouldnt show my 30 saved 'Words'  i had saved in 'Templates' ??? What am i doing wrong ?? and what files do i need to 'back up' in case i need to reinstall in future ?? Thanks
Pic ATTACHED  ( What file(s) do i back up for future reference ???

[tomos]

I don't use CLCL, but I'm pretty sure it's a portable app. As such it should not be in either of the "program files" folders, as it cannot modify files in those folders.
Re backup of portable apps, I tend to just copy the whole app folder and zip it, adding the version number or date in the zip name.
Hopefully some CLCL user can confirm the above, and maybe be more specific re backup.

[Curt]

as Tomos said, just unpack to and run from C:\CLCL
Also remember that CLCL hasn't been updated for 3.3 years.

[screenshot1]

Hi, I have the program in 'Program Files' ..i copied the saved files into 'Program Files' into my 'New' Program files but it wasnt showing my saved 'Template' and other items ??   

[Lintalist]

Don't install it in program files, it needs to be able to write to a sub folder (history and templates) - Move it to c:\portable\clcl or something like that ("Documents" should also work) - you should have a "user folder" in the old CLCL folder on your other computer so if your user name was
screenshot1  you should have "clcl\screenshot1" in there you will find

regist.dat -> templates
clcl.ini -> duh
history.dat -> clipboard history

copy those files to your new "user name folder" (close CLCL first of course).

[screenshot1]

THanks for Info .. all i actually had backed up to 'save' was the .ini ( and put this .ini into my New Pc with CLCL )
But i see it needs the 3 files you showed .. Doh !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[screenshot1]

Hi, I want to test my CLCL Backup then Restore ...
Q )  I want to delete all my templates i currently have, then try and past the ' CLCL / History / Regist ' to check it installs my current up to date Template ...
What steps do i do ? do i first delete the 'Template' folder somehow ( Please explain how i do this ) and then do i paste the above 3 files into the 'user' folder ??? Thanks   

[tomos]

CLCL is a portable app:
create a fresh copy of the programme somewhere completely different

• Close your current one if running
• Do whatever it is you're suggesting above -  copy relevant files/over
• Run new version, check if successful
• Finally I would delete second install to avoid confusion

[mouthpear]

I am sorry if this is too late to post but I have used CLC for years now, and I am fat up with losing all my templates every few months. Every time it happens I come across this page even tho it seems the issue was never resolved. Today I am finally gonna post this because it worked. Save as .Bat file.

@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('wmic OS Get localdatetime  ^| find "."') do set dt=%%a
set YYYY=%dt:~0,4%
set MM=%dt:~4,2%
set DD=%dt:~6,2%
set HH=%dt:~8,2%
set Min=%dt:~10,2%
set Sec=%dt:~12,2%

set stamp=%YYYY%-%MM%-%DD% %HH%-%Min%-%Sec%

copy "E:\Folder\history.dat" "E:\BackupFolder\%stamp% - history.dat"
copy "E:\Folder\regist.dat" "E:\BackupFolder\%stamp% - regist.dat"


ECHO Backup completed!
Rem PAUSE



Follow this to have Task Scheduler do it automatically for you.

https://www.windowsc...scheduler-windows-10

If you want to do it manually. Make a shortcut to the BAT file and pin it to the taskbar. Go to advanced settings of the shortcut and check "Run as Administrator"


Again i apologise that this is an old post but I think this will help people.