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Moving 4.8 To New Laptop

IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,965
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I finally caved and bought a new laptop.

I run 4.8  and the 4.10 Beta on the old laptop.  I would like to do the same on the new one.  I have an external drive that has all of my content on it but the program itself runs on C Drive.  Is there an easy way to just dump the 4.8 onto the external drive and just move it over?

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 109,378

    I don't think 4.8 is portable - though you could try copying the application folder across and see if it will rebuild the other stuff (registry and AppData folders, for example). Still, it would be far safer to reinstall - if you have a copy of the 4.8 installer; you would need tio work offline to do that.

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,965

    I seem to remember saving a copy of the registry etc before I put the beta on this laptop.  Provided I did this I should be able to move that folder to the external and then transfer it over right?  I mean, it won't be the end of the world since most of the stuff that I needed the blue bars to find (the older content and the older poser content) is already on the external and will hopefully just pop into place once I re install the beta. I've been doing a really large amount of manual installs and the newer stuff is much easier to find than the older stuff.

    Next question is, since I have my entire library on the external drive (and if its not connected, none of my content or categories show up) my custom categories should just move seemlessly in place correct?

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 109,378

    Yes, if you export user data or copy the CMS database across.

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,965

    Hmmm.  How do I go about copying my CMS database?  (this will be for the beta install of 4.10 not the 4.8 version)

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 109,378

    The database is common to both versions, it's stored (by default) in C:/Users/YOU/AppData/Roaming/Daz 3D/cms/Content Cluster - make sure DS isn't running before doing anything with it.

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,965

    Ok, so if I take that folder and copy it to my external drive, then move it to the C drive on the new laptop, that should do it?  Sorry for being such a pain but since I have and probably will again, screwed things up royally in the past I prefer to be annoying instead of horrified lol.

     

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 109,378

    Yes, though I'd back up the folder on the new machine first. Also, if you've done any work there (saved files) you probably want to export the user data and then reimport it (in the Content Library pane option menu select Content DB Maintenance, check Export User Data, then to get it back open the same dialogue, reimport metadata this time, and check only user data in the next dialogue).

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,965

    Okay I am going to work on this tomorrow.  Right now, Windows 10 is still updating.  I really hate windows 10....

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,965

    Thank you very much for all your help!

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