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Author: Ammarsha    Posted: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 11:07:07 -0400
Hi, I'm a fairly new user of endnote and new to this listserv as well. I'm working as a research assistant for a professor. And, I've discovered that when I take our endnote library from my home computer to his computer on campus, we lose all of my customization. From my investigation into this problem, it looks like a partial solution is to overwrite my styles, filters, etc. folders at home with what he has on campus (and this could be problematic if he adds a style, for example). But, this still doesn't solve the problem of the preferences I've chosen -- for example, my changes to the "reference types" and the custom fields I added here. I will be updating the endnote library often from home and we desparately need a QUICK way to maintain the preferences/styles/etc. that I may need to change with time. Is there a way to import such settings preferences? Or, to choose to maintain them when I take a library from one computer to another? I greatly appreciate any help you can provide! Much thanks, Ann Marshall "ammarsha"

RE: traveling settings
Author: Matt Boreland    Posted: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 18:14:59 +0100
Subject: Re: old Prefs on a new Windows computer Hi, Had a similar problem some time ago. Phoned tech support and got information that has served me well on several subsequent occasions. Here it is: In your registry editor... 1) Open 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER', then 2) Open 'Software', then 3) Open 'ISI ResearchSoft', then 4) Open 'EndNote', then 5) Highlight 'Prefs', then 6) From the tool bar open 'Registry' 7) Click on 'Export Registry File. 8) When the window opens give the file a name and save it in a location of your choice. Remember the location. 10) Copy the file ('.reg' extension) to a diskette and move it to your new computer. 11) Copy the file from the diskette to your new computer (remember the location) 12) On your new computer (after you have installed EndNote) open the Registry Editor. 13) On the toolbar open 'Registry'. 14) Highlight 'Import Registry File.' 15) When the window opens locate and highlight the file you just copied from your old computer. 16) Click OK and that's all there is to it. The operation automatically finds where the file is to be placed and your old preferences will replace the ones that were installed by default. It is really very simple. Gordon Wood

RE: traveling settings
Author: Matthew Molineux    Posted: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 23:56:09 +0100
Is this not just a case of copying teh preferences (enp - i think) file from the main computer to the other one? I think the file is found in the windows folder (for windows users). This is explained in the manual somewhere. Matthew -----Original Message----- From: "ammarsha" To: "ENDNOTE-INTEREST" Sent: 8/14/02 4:07 PM Subject: traveling settings Hi, I'm a fairly new user of endnote and new to this listserv as well. I'm working as a research assistant for a professor. And, I've discovered that when I take our endnote library from my home computer to his computer on campus, we lose all of my customization. From my investigation into this problem, it looks like a partial solution is to overwrite my styles, filters, etc. folders at home with what he has on campus (and this could be problematic if he adds a style, for example). But, this still doesn't solve the problem of the preferences I've chosen -- for example, my changes to the "reference types" and the custom fields I added here. I will be updating the endnote library often from home and we desparately need a QUICK way to maintain the preferences/styles/etc. that I may need to change with time. Is there a way to import such settings preferences? Or, to choose to maintain them when I take a library from one computer to another? I greatly appreciate any help you can provide! Much thanks, Ann Marshall "ammarsha"

RE: traveling settings
Author: Matt Boreland    Posted: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 10:48:39 +0100
That is the case before EN4. Matt ======================================================= Dr Matt Boreland lecturer Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology Electronic and Electrical Engineering Department phone: +44-(0)1509-22-3466 fax: +44-(0)1509-61-0031 email: "m.b.boreland" ======================================================= > -----Original Message----- > From: "listmaster" > "mailto:listmaster" Behalf Of Matthew Molineux > Sent: 14 August 2002 23:56 > To: "ENDNOTE-INTEREST" > Subject: RE: traveling settings > > > Is this not just a case of copying teh preferences (enp - i > think) file from > the main computer to the other one? I think the file is found in the > windows folder (for windows users). > > This is explained in the manual somewhere. > > Matthew > > -----Original Message----- > From: "ammarsha" > To: "ENDNOTE-INTEREST" > Sent: 8/14/02 4:07 PM > Subject: traveling settings > > Hi, > > I'm a fairly new user of endnote and new to this listserv as > well. I'm > working as a research assistant for a professor. And, I've discovered > that when I take our endnote library from my home computer to his > computer > on > campus, we lose all of my customization. From my investigation into > this problem, it looks like a partial solution is to overwrite my > styles, > filters, etc. folders at home with what he has on campus (and > this could > be problematic if he adds a style, for example). But, this still > doesn't > solve the problem of the preferences I've chosen -- for example, my > changes > to the "reference types" and the custom fields I added here. > > I will be updating the endnote library often from home and we > desparately > need a QUICK way to maintain the preferences/styles/etc. that > I may need > to change with time. Is there a way to import such settings > preferences? > Or, to choose to maintain them when I take a library from one computer > to > another? > > I greatly appreciate any help you can provide! > > Much thanks, > > Ann Marshall > "ammarsha" >

RE: traveling settings
Author: Shyam Ranganathan    Posted: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 10:48:40 -0700
I can only speak about Endnote 6 for PCs, but if you want back up your preference settings in the Windows context with Endnote 6, you need to export a specific registry key. this is the procedure as explained to me by ISI tech help **************************** to move the EndNote prefs to a different machine: - Run regedit - Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ISI ResearchSoft\EndNote\prefs - Choose File...Export... - In the Save Dialog, choose "Export Selected branch", name the file, and save it. The saved *.reg is a text file containing all the information needed. Some settings may be invalid if the file is moved between machines. These can either be corrected in the *.reg file using any text editor, or in Regedit. __________________ To use the *.reg file on the other computer: - double-click the *.reg file. OR - Open the Registry Editor on the new PC and use import the branch from the first PC. __________________ (Note: Use "RegEdit," not "RegEdit32" because they have different export formats. Also, you can import an earlier version of a Windows Registry into Word 2000, but a "branch" exported from Windows 2000 does not import into an earlier version. ) -----Original Message----- From: "listmaster" "mailto:listmaster" Behalf Of "ammarsha" Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 8:07 AM To: "ENDNOTE-INTEREST" Subject: traveling settings Hi, I'm a fairly new user of endnote and new to this listserv as well. I'm working as a research assistant for a professor. And, I've discovered that when I take our endnote library from my home computer to his computer on campus, we lose all of my customization. From my investigation into this problem, it looks like a partial solution is to overwrite my styles, filters, etc. folders at home with what he has on campus (and this could be problematic if he adds a style, for example). But, this still doesn't solve the problem of the preferences I've chosen -- for example, my changes to the "reference types" and the custom fields I added here. I will be updating the endnote library often from home and we desparately need a QUICK way to maintain the preferences/styles/etc. that I may need to change with time. Is there a way to import such settings preferences? Or, to choose to maintain them when I take a library from one computer to another? I greatly appreciate any help you can provide! Much thanks, Ann Marshall "ammarsha"

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