05-29-2018, 01:16 PM | #1 |
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Restoring settings after Windows reinstall
Windows 10's latest "creator's update" chuntered along for about 6 hours and then crashed irretrievably (wouldn't roll back, couldn't find any restore points, etc. etc.) so I reinstalled from scratch. Good opportunity for a spring clean.
I installed Calibre 3.24 (64-bit) and relevant plugins, restored my library from backup, and discovered I'd lost some settings (but not others)... so I want to understand what else I need to back up in future; one of the things I lost was my saved searches, which I had stupidly not exported recently... Apart from the saved searches, I lost my skin selection, my toolbar layout, my "save to disk" settings, but not my metadata plugboards. In the editor I also lost my toolbar layout and custom keyboard shortcuts. (I lost the toolbar layouts again after a BSOD, a couple of days after reinstalling. Windows is such a wonderful reliable system, isn't it?) Custom columns and virtual libraries were still there, but I had to respecify "show VLs as tabs". There are probably other things I've overlooked but will discover in the coming days, BSODs permitting. So which files do I need to backup for the next time Microsoft bricks my machine? Last edited by Phssthpok; 05-29-2018 at 01:23 PM. |
05-29-2018, 03:23 PM | #2 |
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IIRC
If you use the Export/Import all Calibre Data on the Library Icon, it saves all things When you restore (Import) you select the Libraries AND Settings |
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05-29-2018, 09:33 PM | #4 |
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FWIW The update went fine, but I am glad I have more than one computer.
5+ hours just to install (did not include the download, which was fairly on fairly fast DSL |
05-30-2018, 04:34 AM | #5 |
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Got it. Thanks, all.
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