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Correct way to install new version as portable?
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Correct way to install new version as portable?
kunkel321 > 2020-11-24 11:15
I don't have administrator rights, but I can access my C Drive. So my existing installation is in C:\PortableApps\quickaccesspopup. That is where my settings are. I just unzipped a new one at C:\PortableApps\quickaccesspopup-11_0_7_9_2-beta. What is the proper way to get my settings from the old one to the new one? Should I export my settings, then import them to the new one?
I read the information here: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/how-can...-portable/ but it doesn't discuss getting the old setting into a new portable installation though. -
RE: Correct way to install new version as portable?
Jean Lalonde > 2020-11-24 11:24
You don't need to import favorites from one version to the other. All you have to do is to unzip the new version and to overwrite the files in your C:\PortableApps\quickaccesspopup (quit QAP before to allow overwriting).
Your settings files (.ini and .DB) will *not* be overwritten. More info here:
https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/how-do-...ess-popup/
I'll add a link to this page in the FAQ page you mentioned. -
RE: Correct way to install new version as portable?
kunkel321 > 2020-11-24 13:23
Meh. That didn't work. I put the quickaccesspopup-11_0_7_9_2-beta folder back in my Downloads folder. Then I renamed it quickaccesspopup and dropped it info the C:\PortableApps folder so it would overwrite the old one. My file manager (xyplorer) asked if I want to "skip" or "replace existing" I chose to "replace all" and that's just what it did -- LOL. My custom subfolder of favicons survived, but everything else got replaced.
Unfortunately, I'm an idiot and didn't make a back up... No worries though, It won't take long for me to rebuild the setup I had prevoiusly.
EDIT: Also, I did exit QAP before I did all that.
EDIT 2: Working on reply now...
Okay, So I found the 6 backup files
They DO have my previous settings.
I had to re-enter my reg code before I could even launch QAP, but that's all good.
I got the below error. *IDEA: Create backups of QAPconnect.ini too??
Anyway, I did File Menu > Import > then browsed to one of the back up inis. It didn't seem to work though.... QAP would restart, but I would only get the default menu.
I then opened C:\PortableApps\quickaccesspopup\QuickAccessPopup-backup-20201117.ini and copied all of it's contents. THen I manually pasted the content into C:\PortableApps\quickaccesspopup\QuickAccessPopup.ini. It seems to be working fine now and all of my old settings are there. SO I'm all set
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Quick Access Popup (v11.0.7.9.2 beta)
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Wrong path or file name for QAPconnect application
XYplorer & XYplorerFree (v14.80):
C:\Program Files (x86)\XYPlorer Free\XYplorerFree.exe.
Check values for [XYplorer & XYplorerFree (v14.80)] in QAPconnect.ini. Use the "Edit QAPconnect.ini" button in "Options", tab "File managers".
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OK
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RE: Correct way to install new version as portable?
Jean Lalonde > 2020-11-24 14:45
The settings files (quickaccesspopup.ini and QAP_Frequent.DB) does not exist in the ZIP file. They cannot overwrite the existing files. But if xyplorer did delete the whole destination folder before copying the new one, of course, it deleted your settings.
Next time, open the ZIP file, "Select all" its content, "Copy" it and "Paste" it on top of your existing QAP folder. Or use the "Extract" command of your ZIP app and select the QAP folder as destination and select to overwrite the existing files. -
RE: Correct way to install new version as portable?
kunkel321 > 2020-11-24 16:53
I will try that next time.
I don't think xyplorer deleted the entire contents of the old QAP folder though.... For example those automatically-created backup ini files were still there.
Is it possible that the new installation re-creates the default QAPconnect.ini file during first run? If so, then the previous QuickAccessPopup.ini (with my settings) might have a error with with key:
DirectoryOpusPath=C:\PortableApps\xyplorer_21.00_beta_noinstall\XYplorer.exe
Which is different than the default.
You can see in the screenshot here
https://i.imgur.com/KWGJWIT.png
Which files are from this morning vs from previous days.
QAPconnect doesn't seem to be among the old ones. (That might be because I had to go in and update it this morning though).
I dunno. -
RE: Correct way to install new version as portable?
joeNOR > 2020-11-25 03:11
I've always used the portable version, upgrading is easy, quit QAP, copy the files from the zip and overwrite as necessary, start QAP, as per the instructions from Jean.
That process has never messed with my ini-files.
As of this writing I have 10+ "installations" of QAP and I upgrade/downgrade (beta/non-beta) the same way.
This is on machines with both Directory Opus and the default File Explorer.
Regards,
joeNOR -
RE: Correct way to install new version as portable?
kunkel321 > 2020-12-02 17:27
Just a quick update here: I just now installed the latest version as a 'portable' app. Everything updated fine. My default file manager assignemnt (via QAPconnect) worked fine too. I'm not sure what my previous problem was--all is good now though.