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Old November 6th, 2016, 02:06 PM
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Re: software upgrade

It depends if you just want to transfer all your music files to the new computer or if you want all your singers databases and song lists and all your previous settings transferred, if you just want your music on the new computer then from the Tools Menu select Songs Database then Build database then from the Add Folders or Add Folders/Sub-folders buttons select the folders with your music on and it will build them into your database.
If you want all your previous settings and databases restored you need to copy the whole of the Hoster folder.
I'm assuming your old version was 5.08 and as you stated in an earlier post that does not have the backup/restore feature.
First you need to copy the Hoster folder it would normally be found in C:\MTU, copy the Hoster folder to a USB stick or skydrive or something that you can easily transfer to your new computer.
Now Start Hoster on your new computer, from the Tools Menu select "Hoster Data Folder" Important now close Hoster but leave data folder open. Now go up one in the folder tree so you are in mtu.com folder and can see the Hoster Folder, select it and rename it "Hosterold" tempory as a backup. Now copy the Hoster folder that you saved from your old computer and paste it in that mtu.com folder as a replacement of the one you re named.
If all works correct after doing this, then at some time you can delete the renamed folder.
For this to all work correct your music folders must follow the same file paths as used before, so if your music was on drive E then you must set your external music drive to E for the new computer. If your music was on your C:\ drive then you will need to copy all the music folders as well to match the original file paths.
Instructions to change the drive letter can be found here: http://www.mtu.com/faq-test.php?article=4

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