04-23-2021 12:59 PM
I'd like to find an easy way to copy all settings, layouts, lenses, etc to a new computer rather than trying to recreate all my environment and settings. Can this be done?
Thanks.
04-23-2021 01:06 PM - edited 04-23-2021 01:06 PM
Are you using a Mac or PC?
If using a Mac, do look into Apple's Migration Assistant. It has been solid for me during the last two computer moves (2012 Mac Pro to 2017 iMac Pro and then to a 2020 iMac Pro). You'll want to choose the highest possible connection speed between your two Macs. In my case for the most recent move, was able to use Thunderbolt 3 which allowed for massive transfer speeds and ultimately shortened the migration time.
04-23-2021 01:17 PM
Ahh sorry for not thinking to mention. Windows. Installed now on Win 7 moving to a new computer with Win 10. But thanks for the reply.
04-23-2021 01:46 PM
@in4m8n wrote:Ahh sorry for not thinking to mention. Windows. Installed now on Win 7 moving to a new computer with Win 10. But thanks for the reply.
Migration is not possible when moving to Windows 10. No migration was one of the major purposes of the new OS. People had baggage going back as far as Windows 95, along with the viruses. You must do a fresh install, and re-configure any apps.
04-23-2021 01:53 PM
I actually do not agree with that. You can move settings files fo rmany programs (WORD Normal.dot, Photoshop plugins, LR settings for exampleP) pretty easitly not looking for a migrate app, but rather what files to copy over.
04-23-2021 02:41 PM
Yea, that's quite mean-spirited of Microsoft; penalizing their users.
Anyhow, about the only thing I can recommend is perhaps the User Manual of the software itself may outline where it stores its preferences files.
Or, maybe that is outlined in any support web site for the software itself.
Barring that, you'll have to unforunately poke around your files/folders to look for things containing "Canon" or perhaps "DPP".
04-23-2021 03:14 PM
@in4m8n wrote:I actually do not agree with that. You can move settings files fo rmany programs (WORD Normal.dot, Photoshop plugins, LR settings for exampleP) pretty easitly not looking for a migrate app, but rather what files to copy over.
You disagree? Your opinion is irrelevant. You're running Windows 7. Operating systems have evolved.
Microsoft purposely did not release a migration tool for Windows 10 for the reasons I previously stated. You have to start all over from scratch. Welcome to Windows 10. That's how it works. There is no migration tool. The end.
04-23-2021 03:28 PM
There is no migration tool, correct. You can reuse MANY configuration files, also correct.
The real end.
04-23-2021 03:42 PM
@in4m8n wrote:There is no migration tool, correct. You can reuse MANY configuration files, also correct.
The real end.
Bad idea. Windows 10 uses a completely different Virtual Machine architecture, which is WHY there is no migration tool.
04-23-2021 04:09 PM
I must have just imagined doing this for Word, Excel, Phootshop settings and plugins, Quicken, LightRoom - maybe a few others. All with exacty the desired results of configuring a programs settings to match my older computer without having to do it manually.
I was hoping DPP had either an "export settings" feature I could not find or a utility. It does not. I will make backups and then copy and paste DPP config files in USER appdata\local and appdata\roaming and see if I can save an hour or two. I give it a much better than 50/50 chance.
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