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rkr3

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Backing up / exporting FARR settings
« on: October 16, 2012, 02:51 PM »
Is there any way to backup and export the customizations/settings done in FARR? I'm planning a reformat and re-install of my system drive, and don't particularly look forward to doing it all manually one by one...

(2nd post -- think I may have posted this in the wrong thread earlier...)

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Re: Backing up / exporting FARR settings
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2012, 03:32 PM »
The main file you want to back up is: FindAndRunRobot.ini, which contains all your settings.

Additionally, if you have created custom aliases, you want to back up:
  • AliasGroups\MyCustom\*.alias

If you also want to save your lists of launched files and searches, which isn't very important, you could also back up:
  • FindAndRunRobot_searchhistory.ini
  • FindAndRunRobot_launchhistory.ini

These files will be in the MyDocs\DonationCoder\FindAndRunRobot directory on windows vista and later, or in ProgramFiles\Find and Run Robot\ on win xp.

rkr3

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Re: Backing up / exporting FARR settings
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2012, 03:29 AM »
Thanks! I've been wondering about this for the last several years (since I started using FARR) -- every reinstall, I've had to jump through hoops to get my customizations exactly the way they were earlier.

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