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From: "Dawn Ellis" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] restore configuration
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 03:32:34 -0400
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Thanks Lee, My file structure is the same. I will try moving some of
those files.

On 1 Jul 2005 at 10:08, Lee Hoffman wrote:

> Dawn Ellis wrote:
> >I have bought a new laptop and have installed TMG on it. After
> >installing TMG, I used restore to load my most recent backup file. My
> >backup included (or at least I thought it did), my configuration. My
> >configurarion was not restored and I really don't want to do it all
> >again if I don't have to. Can someone tell me which files should have
> >been included in the backup so I can add them from another backup?
> >Does this make any sense?
>
> This is a rather open ended question in that we do not know which
> options you included in your desktop (?) backup file. There are
> over twenty different kinds of files associated with configuration of
> TMG. A list of these for v5 (mostly the same for v6) is shown in
> Chapter 2 of "Getting the Most Out of The Master Genealogist". Over
> half of these files are rarely changed from installation and need not
> be included in a backup. Thus the only configuration files that need
> to be included in a backup are the one that you have customized.
>
> The configuration files that you will most likely customize are
> APP.INI (Advanced settings), *.LO (Layout files), *.TBR (Custom
> Toolbar, *.FL? (Filer definitions, *.ACC (Accents), *.RPT (Report
> Definitions), and Timeline files (*.DBT, *.DBT, and *.DOC ). There
> are others but these are the most commonly customized files.
>
> With the exception of the APP.INI file, a straight copy of any of the
> above files from the desktop (?) into the laptop would be reasonable
> and would work. On the other hand, depending on the file
> configuration of your desktop hard drive in comparison with that of
> your laptop, the APP.INI file might have some entries that could be
> incorrect. In most cases, you can straighten this out in Preferences
> very easily. My main point here is that if TMG and its data files are
> installed in similar folders on both your desktop and your laptop you
> will not have a problem. But if the installation and/or data is
> installed in different folders, then there is potential for some minor
> conflict -- at least until you can make changes in Preferences.
>
> If this leaves you confused, don't worry. Just let us know in what
> way your laptop configuration is not correct compared to your desktop
> (?) and we can give you a more complete answer.
>
> Hope this helps -
>
> Lee Hoffman/KY
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