Re Upgrading Microstudio to 4.000

[George]

As far as the second question, yes uninstall 2.611 manually, then install 4000.
If any other MTU products get knocked out just reinstall them (assuming you saved the registration codes as MTU beat theirr brains out trying to get members to do.

For the first question, no song files are stored in Microstudio. They are in whatever folder you saved them in on your hard drive.

[NYTEHORSE7]

Thank you for your reply George.

The following will make my lack of computer "savvy" obvious, but here is what I found in checking for a location of the songs in my "online" computer which now has version 3.004 installed on it. They appear to be in a folder titled "songs" with location and other info as follows:
25.7 GB 784 FILES, 1 FOLDER
C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICRO TECHNOLOGY UNLIMITED\MICROSTUDIO

To my mind, because it appears they are in a "Microstudio" file, I fear they may be deleted when I download 4.000 and it "uninstalls" 3.004, then installs 4.000. The "songs" folder must be the default location that Microstudio put them in when I uploaded from CDG as I did not, to my recollection, choose a file to store them in.

I guess all of the aforementioned just adds more questions. First, with this additional information, do you still feel that an "uninstall" will leave these files in the "songs file so I can use them in 4.000 ? Second, if the uninstall / reinstall does leave them alone, how do I get them into the 4.000 once installed ?

I've been using Microstudio since 2003, have upgraded several times over the years since, was even a Beta tester at one point, and love the Microstudio program. However, the reason I don't have an understanding of the "uninstall" / "reinstall" situation and have never had to be concerned about losing files or the file location of songs etc. is that I had 2 computer crashes in 2005 which necessitated a total reinstall twice. Everything was lost in both instances, so, no need to have a concern about losing song files as they were all gone and had to be reloaded anyway.

Sorry for the length of this posting. Any further help you can give would be appreciated. My best to Doug and all the hard working, fine folks at MTU.
Nytehorse 7 Jerry

[ddouglass]

Jerry,
A uninstall of a program is a bit more controlled than a computer crash. When you uninstall version 3.004 only the program files get removed. All other files are left in their original location. So when you install version 4.0 and open the program, your songs will show up in the left window.

[admin]

IF... you were to follow the instructions in some Threads in this Forum and manually delete the \Microstudio folder, and your songs are in \Microstudio\Songs, then yes, YOU (not the uninstaller) would delete your songs.

If you want to be absolutely safe, move the files to another folder, such as C:\songs.

Microstudio 4.0 has a Browse button that you can find any folder and make it your new default from then on until you change it again.

[George]

Originally Posted by admin

If you want to be absolutely safe, move the files to another folder, such as C:\songs.

Not only would that be safe, it will be more convenient in the future to access the songs folder to make changes. You'd simply open your c: and there would be your song folder. That's what many of us do.

[NYTEHORSE7]

Thank you all so much for your help.

Just a couple final questions and I'll hopefully be "good to go" with 4.000. I will preface these questions with the reminder that my "computer savvy" is not the best.

1. I've decided that I want to use your suggestion and move the "songs" file to a C:\songs file new folder. Briefly, how do I do that ?

2. With the answer to #1 above, I should be Ready to install 4.000 on computer #1 (connected to the internet). I will use the new 4.000 "browse" feature to make the new C:\songs folder my default after completing download.

On computer #2 (not connected to the internet), I'm going to save the songs presently in this computer to a newly created C:\songs folder then use the manual uninstall method to uninstall the 2.611 version, then install 4.000 as "new". I'm not sure about how downloading 4.000 from "internet" computer #1 to "non internet" computer #2 via a memory stick will go, but I believe there are instructions in the download package. If the above is all is correct, my final question is: Is there a simple way to copy the song files in computer #1 to computer #2 via memory stick ? Only reason I ask is that the songs I've uploaded into 3.004 on computer #1 comprise a complete list of all my songs where computer #2 with 2.611 only has a partial list uploaded.

Again, sorry for my lengthy post, but I just want to get it right. Thank you all again for your kindness, understanding, and help. I'll await your reply.

NYTEHORSE7 Jerry

[George]

1-I'd guess the simplest way to transfer the files to a new folder on C:\ would be to just copy and paste the songs folder to the c:\. Then rename the new folder.

#2- open TOOLS, DEFAULT FOLDER, and select your new folder. After you determine the new folder contains the files, and Microstudio defaults to it, delete the old folder. That's why I suggested renaming the new folder.

There should ber no problem transfering the Microstudio installation file to another computer with a memory stick.

I'd guess transferring the songs folder would depend on the size of the folder vs the size of the memory stick. I'm frankly on unknown ground here as I don't use memory sticks.

I have an ethernet card installed in both pc's and have them networked together. It's a snap to work back and forth that way, and saves a lot of time.

Someone with more expertise than me may have to help you regarding memory sticks. I'm quite limited in my pc savvy.