How to transfer / copy / move configuration settings to a new PC?

[ThWiedmann]

Hello,

recently I purchased a new PC. After installing UltraEdit on the new PC I like to transfer my configuration settings from the old PC (which I don't want to use in future) to the new one.

On the old PC I worked with Windows 98 SE - without personalisation.
On the new PC Windows XP Professional is installed - Here I work with personal (user-specific) settings.

I use UltraEdit version 11.

Which files from which directories into which directories have I to transfer from the old PC to the new one, to transfer all my UltraEdit configuration settings?

Thanks for all good hints.

Thomas

[Mofi]

First depending on your version of UltraEdit you can use Advanced - Backup/Restore User Customizations to transfer or copy your configuration files from one PC to another.

Second for a manual copy you have to find the default INI file uedit32.ini. Where this file is located depends on the OS version, OS language, your OS installation and your UltraEdit installation. Best is to run on both machines a search for uedit32.ini with Explorer.

Important: You must have option Show hidden files and folders (WinXP) or All files (Win98) selected in Tools - Folder Options - View - Hidden Files and Folders before executing the search or you maybe will not find it because the user application data directory is by default a hidden directory. You need maybe additionally enabled the advanced search option to search in hidden and system directories, too. You can open the UltraEdit application data directory also by copying %appdata%\IDMComp\UltraEdit into the address bar of Windows Explorer and hit key RETURN or ENTER.

See also in help of UltraEdit the topic INI File Selection and Advanced Settings for details about how UltraEdit searches for the INI file and where it could be found. There is also the topic UltraEdit INI file location which describes in detail how UltraEdit searches for uedit32.ini.

Since UltraEdit v12.20 the full name (including path) of the INI file currently used by UltraEdit is displayed at Advanced - Configuration - Application Layout - Advanced.

Note: Because I am the only user of my machines I prefer the UltraEdit program directory and not the user related application data directory or the Windows directory. If you like this too, move all files except projects.lst on your Windows XP PC where the uedit32.ini is stored also to the UltraEdit program directory before copying the files from Win98. Of course this configuration requires write permissions in the UltraEdit program directory.

From the Windows 98 directory of uedit32.ini copy following files to the uedit32.ini directory on you Windows XP PC.

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*.mfg - menu configuration files
*.pfg - popup menu configuration files
*.tfg - toolbar configuration files
Uedit32.*   - currently used configuration files
        ini - your current settings
        in? - workspace settings (>= v15.20 of UE)
        kbd - your current key mappings (< v12.20 of UE)
        uek - your current key mappings (>= v12.20 of UE)
        mnu - your current menu
        pmu - your current popup menu
        tbr - your current toolbars

Additionally if you have modified or created one or more of the following files which are by default in the UltraEdit program directory, copy them also to the new location. But they can be also anywhere else, if you have specified them in the INI file with the configuration dialog or added manually to uedit32.ini.

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columnmarkers.xml - XML file storing column markers (UE v15.10 and later)
FTPData.ini       - FTP Account data (UE v18.00 and later)
htmltidy.cfg      - HTMLTidy configuration file, if you have created it manually
taglist.txt       - UltraEdit tag list file (see tag list)
taglist.uet       - UltraEdit tag list file with other file extension (v14.00 and later)
wordfile.txt      - syntax highlighting definition file
wordfile.uew      - syntax highlighting definition file with other file extension (v14.00 and later)
wordfiles\*.uew   - wordfiles subdirectory with one wordfile per syntax highlighting language (v15.00 and later)
uetmplte.dat      - UltraEdit templates (see template list)
uetmplte.tpl      - UltraEdit global templates (see template list, v18.00 and later)
*.mac             - your macro files
*.js              - your script files (UE v13.00 and later)

That should be all, if you didn't have specified in the UltraEdit configuration dialog to store all settings in the registry instead of the INI file.

Note: After moving all configuration files, open uedit32.ini with Notepad (not with UltraEdit) and correct all absolute paths to one of the moved files. I suggest to search for :\ to find file names with absolute path in uedit32.ini.

Edited on 2006-10-19: The extension for the key mapping configuration file is since v12.20 of UE uek instead of kbd.

Edited on 2006-06-15: Since UE v14.00 many configuration file extensions have been changed. The new file names are:

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*.in1 - workspace settings (part of the INI)
*.mb1 - menu configuration files
*.pb1 - popup menu configuration files
*.tb1 - toolbar configuration files (also *.tb0)
*.te1 - environment template files
Uedit32.*   - currently used configuration files
        ini - your current settings
        uek - your current key mappings

Also there is a new name for the standard syntax highlighting wordfile which is now wordfile.uew and the tag list file which is now taglist.uet. And these 2 files are by default now located also in the directory of uedit32.ini.

Edited on 2009-10-06: Since UE v15.20 the workspace settings (position, state and size of the additional views and windows) are stored in 1 or more separate files having the same name as the INI file (uedit32) and the file extension inx with x is a number in range of 0 to n (instance number).
If the configuration setting Advanced - Configuration - Application Layout - Advanced - Store windows/menu/toolbars placements and configurations for multiple instances of application is not enabled (default), there is only uedit32.in0. If this setting is enabled the number of workspace files depends on the number of instances you have had running parallel once in the past.

Edited on 2012-03-30: The template feature has been greatly enhanced in UE v18.00. File uetmplte.dat and the *.te1 files are no longer used by UE v18.00 and later after converting existing files on first start after an upgrade to XML format used now for templates. They can be deleted manually if there is no plan to downgrade. Binary file uetmplte.dat is converted to XML file uetmplte.tpl. The binary *.te1 files are converted to XML *.tp1 files in templates\environments directory. For more details see Smart templates management.

[supersaucy]

I have 10.10c installed, and it looks like only the .ini and .kbd files exist (I found them in the C:\WINDOWS directory). I was finally forced to upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows XP, so I had to go through the same thing in transferring my configs. What I ended up doing was copying across said .ini and .kbd files and then using regedit to export these two branches:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IDM Computer Solutions\UltraEdit\Toolbars State
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IDM Computer Solutions\UltraEdit\Toolbars State_Toolbar_ID_59392

and then imported them into the registry of my new installation after installing UltraEdit. Seems to work great!