What's the official method of copying the GW settings from a backup of one PC to a new PC?
EDIT:
I did this by
1) mounting the backup as a drive
2) using the Windows Registry Recovery program to convert C:\Documents and Settings\Chris\ntuser.dat to a .reg
3) Using TextPad to remove all but the header line and the branch HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Goldwave/Goldwave
4) launching the .reg to add those settings to the registry.
I'm hoping there is a better way.
Thanks.
PS I may switch to using a portable install, so that the settings are stored in their own file, to avoid this need next time. Though I see from the manual that this will not preserve the settings of some plug-ins. EDIT: And if settings are required to be per-user, this install will have to be located in %USERPROFILE%.
Restore settings from backup
Restore settings from backup
Last edited by chrisjj on Thu Nov 07, 2013 11:54 am, edited 2 times in total.
Re: Restore settings from backup
I believe that the "official" way is to run GoldWave Setup (Start > All Programs > GoldWave > GoldWave Setup) and then use the "Backup Settings..." and "Restore Settings..." buttons.
Re: Restore settings from backup
That would work on the PC itself, but as far as I can see does not work on a backup of the old PC.Gord wrote: use the "Backup Settings..."
In my case the old PC itself is defunct.
Thanks anyway for the thought.
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Re: Restore settings from backup
Since the settings are stored in the registry; if the PC itself is defunct, then you have to restore them from the registry. That's the only way I can think of.
But you don't need the *entire* registry, just HKCR/Software/Goldwave/Goldwave
But you don't need the *entire* registry, just HKCR/Software/Goldwave/Goldwave
Re: Restore settings from backup
... and in the backup teherof.DewDude420 wrote:Since the settings are stored in the registry;
Thanks. I did edit out the rest but omitted that from the account. Now remedied.DewDude420 wrote:But you don't need the *entire* registry, just HKCR/Software/Goldwave/Goldwave