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--- other:win7migrate [2020/01/06 11:56] – jypeter
+++ other:win7migrate [2022/01/13 18:47] (current) – [Moving the applications] jypeter
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 ===== Planning ahead =====
-You need to move your personal files, the applications you use and, when possible, the settings of the applications. So it's best to prepare the (future) migration when... you arrive on your new computer! You never know when you have to move. Maybe you will have to move earlier than you think just because your computer (or at least the disk) crashes.
+You need to move your personal files, the applications you use and, when possible, the settings of the applications. So it's best to prepare the (future) migration when... you arrive on your new computer! You never know when you have to move. Maybe you will have to move earlier than you think just because your computer (or maybe just a disk) crashes.
 ==== Be ready to move your files ====
-<wrap hi>You have to know where your files are located! This is common sense and it will also help you make a backup of your files...</wrap>
+<wrap hi>You have to know where your files are located! This is common sense and it will also help you create a backup of your files...</wrap>
   * You should put as little as possible on the system disk (''C:'')! If there is a problem (crash, etc...) or the system is updated, there is a good chance that most of the content of ''C:'' will be erased.
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 ==== Moving the applications ====
-You just need a list of all the applications you use, and make sure there is an up-to-date version installed on the new computer
+You need a [[other:win7migrate#prepare_the_new_computer|list of all the applications]] you use, and make sure there is an up-to-date version of these applications installed on the new computer
-  * The [[other:win7install#getting_the_lsce_standard_win_7_installation|standard LSCE applications]] will probably be already installed on the new computer
+  * The [[other:win7install#getting_the_lsce_standard_win_7_installation|standard LSCE applications]] will probably already be installed on the new computer
   * You will mostly need a list of the **extra applications** you have installed after you first got your current computer.\\ If you have some special hardware connected to the computer (scanner, printer, camera, phone, ...) that you want to use on the new computer, you will also have to re-install the appropriate drivers
+    * Check also the [[other:win10apps|Installing extra applications for Windows 10]] page
   * It's not easy to move the settings of the applications, so you you will probably have to reconfigure all the applications on the new computer... :-(
     * If there is a way to store the settings of an application in a specific folder, make sure that these settings are located in a sub-directory of the [[other:win7migrate#be_ready_to_move_your_files|DATA FOLDER]] (as defined above) so that they can be easily backed-up
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 === Applications ===
-  * Make a list of the installed applications that you actually used
+  * Make a **list of the installed applications** that you actually used
     * **Windows XP**: Start => Control Panel => Add/Remove programs
     * **Windows 7**: Start => Control Panel => Désinstaller un programme
     * [[other:win10misc#accessing_the_list_of_installed_applications|Windows 10]]
-  * Save the settings of the applications, when you know how to do it! <wrap hi>Be sure these applications are not running when you save their settings!</wrap>
+  * Save the **settings of the applications**, when you know how to do it! <wrap hi>Be sure these applications are not running when you save their settings!</wrap>\\ Note: some applications can store your settings //somewhere in the cloud//, if you identify yourself and/or create a shared profile. The instructions below tell you how to move/backup/restore the settings //by hand//
     * [[other:thunderbird|Thunderbird]]
     * [[other:firefox|Firefox]]
+    * [[other:chrome|Chrome]]
 === Disk ===
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   * Clean your disk a bit (but don't remove important files by mistake)!\\ You should follow the steps detailed in [[other:win7maintain#cleaning_the_computer|Cleaning a Windows 7 computer]] or [[other:win10maintain#cleaning_the_computer|Cleaning a Windows 10 computer]]
-  * When you are ready, copy the folders you want to move to an external disk
+  * When you are ready, **copy the folders you want to move to an external disk**
-  * Just to be safe, you should also copy the content of your Windows directory. This is the directory where Windows stores lots of temporary files that you probably do not want, and the applications' settings, and the content of your desktop
+  * Just to be safe, you should also **copy the content of your //Windows// directory**. This is the directory where Windows stores lots of temporary files that you probably do not want, the applications' settings, and the content of your desktop. It is possible that you will find later that some files or settings you needed were stored there
-    * Windows XP: ''C:\Documents and Settings\<your_login>''
+    * **Windows XP**: ''C:\Documents and Settings\<your_login>''
-    * Windows 7: ''C:\Users\<your_login>''
+    * **Windows 7**: ''C:\Users\<your_login>''
-    * Windows 10: ''C:\Users\<your_login>''
+    * **Windows 10**: ''C:\Users\<your_login>''
 ==== On the new computer ====
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 === Restoring the folders ===
-Copy the content of your external disk to the appropriate directories on the new computer (probably the DATA and the SCRATCH folders)
+Copy the content of your external disk to the appropriate directories on the new computer (probably the new ''DATA'' and the ''SCRATCH'' folders)
 === Restoring the applications settings ===
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   * [[other:thunderbird|Thunderbird]]
   * [[other:firefox|Firefox]]
+  * [[other:chrome|Chrome]]
 ==== One last visit to the old computer ====