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Restore backup or copy files from other computer

All button information is stored in two files, PasteItIn.ini and PasteItIn.dat. PasteItIn.ini may show as a Configuration Settings file named PasteItIn and the PasteItIn.dat file may show as a DAT file named PasteItIn.

In older versions the data files were stored in the same directory as the PasteItIn.exe file. The default for this directory is c:\program files\pasteitin.

The button data files are now saved in the following directory:

Windows Vista & Windows 7: C:\users\UserName\appdata\local\PasteItIn

Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\PasteItIn

Replace UserName with your windows login name. 

To transfer your buttons from your old computer to the new one first exit PasteItIn on the old computer if it is running: Right click on the PasteItIn icon in the task bar tray and select Exit from the pop up menu. Then open My Computer and find the directory (folder) where the two data files are located and copy them to some form of removable media like a FLASH drive.

Then open Setup - Options on the new computer and click on the Manual link to open Windows Explorer with the location of the data files on the new computer.

Close the Setup window, and exit PasteItIn on the new computer: Right click on the PasteItIn icon in the task bar tray and select Exit from the pop up menu.

Then copy the two data files from the removable drive into the directory (folder) that you opened by clicking on the Manual link.

If you are restoring a backup the files may have the .backup extension. Rename the PasteItIn.ini.backup file to PasteItInini and the PasteItIn.dat.backup to PasteItIn.dat.

You can then run PasteItIn from the Start menu. All your buttons should have transferred to your new copy of PasteItIn.

Note: This will delete any buttons you may have created on the new computer.