Deltic_Malc Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Hi I am changing my PC and will de activate RM on my existing PC and Re install it on my new PC. Is there a way to swop over the loco configuration, track plans, train programs and schedules to the new PC without having to put them all in again. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 All of this detail is contained in files with obvious names in the Railmasster folder in Program Files or Program Files(X86) depending on your Windows version. Just copy them to a flash drive and paste them into the same place on your new PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltic_Malc Posted October 20, 2013 Author Share Posted October 20, 2013 [reply]Fishmanoz said: All of this detail is contained in files with obvious names in the Railmasster folder in Program Files or Program Files(X86) depending on your Windows version. Just copy them to a flash drive and paste them into the same place on your new PC.[Yes most of them are, but i'm struggling to get the Loco details, I have 38 locos on the database but cannot seem to find the files! I can find Loco1.dat, loco4.dat and locos.dat but these don't help, any idea's? ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Wasn't sure myself so did a search on "loco file" and found 3 months ago that DCCTinker told us they are stored in resource.mdb. I'm assuming he is correct but when I tried to check, all I can see in this file are decoder pictures - it won't open in Access, only Office - but I'm assuming they are in there as non-graphical data. When I checked a trial version on another computer, the file size is the same even though this one doesn't have any locos in it. Maybe HRMS would like to confirm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ_model_trains Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Fishmanoz said: All of this detail is contained in files with obvious names in the Railmaster folder in Program Files or Program Files(X86) depending on your Windows version. Just copy them to a flash drive and paste them into the same place on your new PC. It is worth copying this folder to another drive for security purposes. If you are planning to change computers you are in control but if the drive fails you will have lost this data! If you use TrackMaster copy this folder to another drive also, it stores any tracks you have designed. You should do this regularly or use a synch program to automatically synch a copy of the folders to another drive location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Backing up the entire folder will give you good insurance, but you can't simply paste the whole thing into another computer and expect it to work. The RM team have chosen to put installed executable files into the same directory structure as the data files. Only the data files can be pasted into the new computer, executable files must be properly installed via their setup files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornbyRailMasterSupport Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 If you want to backup data that you have created within RailMaster, the files to copy are as follows:- Resource.mdb This contains all of the locos you set up Groups.dat This contains details of loco groups you set up *.pln These are track plan files *.prg These are RailMaster program files for automation You should never copy the entire RailMaster folder onto another PC or the latter installation will not work. RailMaster must be installed properly from the CD or downloaded setup file. Only then can you copy the above files into the new RailMaster folder. The program folder which contains all of the above files (assuming you did not alter any of the default setup properties) is C:Program Files (x86)RailMaster. On Windows XP and earlier, it is just C:Program FilesRailMaster. The next major update of RailMaster will contain a backup routine to automate this. In the mean time you can either copy the files manually, or if you know your way around batch files you could create a small batch file to copy the required files onto another medium e.g.:- Copy "c:program files (x86)railmasterresource.mdb" e: Copy "c:program files (x86)railmastergroups.dat" e: Copy "c:program files (x86)railmaster*.pln" e: Copy "c:program files (x86)railmaster*.prg" e: The above batch file assumes your backup medium (e.g. USB memory stick) is located on drive e: although you can change this in the batch file if it a different drive letter. Batch files can be edited in the Windows Notepad text editor and saved with the file name something.bat. You can then create a shortcut to the file and run it from a single icon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltic_Malc Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 HornbyRailMasterSupport said: If you want to backup data that you have created within RailMaster, the files to copy are as follows:- Resource.mdb This contains all of the locos you set up Groups.dat This contains details of loco groups you set up *.pln These are track plan files *.prg These are RailMaster program files for automation You should never copy the entire RailMaster folder onto another PC or the latter installation will not work. RailMaster must be installed properly from the CD or downloaded setup file. Only then can you copy the above files into the new RailMaster folder. The program folder which contains all of the above files (assuming you did not alter any of the default setup properties) is C:Program Files (x86)RailMaster. On Windows XP and earlier, it is just C:Program FilesRailMaster. The next major update of RailMaster will contain a backup routine to automate this. In the mean time you can either copy the files manually, or if you know your way around batch files you could create a small batch file to copy the required files onto another medium e.g.:- Copy "c:program files (x86)railmasterresource.mdb" e: Copy "c:program files (x86)railmastergroups.dat" e: Copy "c:program files (x86)railmaster*.pln" e: Copy "c:program files (x86)railmaster*.prg" e: The above batch file assumes your backup medium (e.g. USB memory stick) is located on drive e: although you can change this in the batch file if it a different drive letter. Batch files can be edited in the Windows Notepad text editor and saved with the file name something.bat. You can then create a shortcut to the file and run it from a single icon. Thanks rail master support, I really appreciate your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ_model_trains Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Brilliant and even better when the backup update is available, thanks for confirming this is coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ_model_trains Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 HornbyRailMasterSupport said:If you want to backup data that you have created within RailMaster, the files to copy are as follows:- Resource.mdb This contains all of the locos you set up Groups.dat This contains details of loco groups you set up *.pln These are track plan files *.prg These are RailMaster program files for automationYou should never copy the entire RailMaster folder onto another PC or the latter installation will not work. RailMaster must be installed properly from the CD or downloaded setup file. Only then can you copy the above files into the new RailMaster folder.The program folder which contains all of the above files (assuming you did not alter any of the default setup properties) is C:Program Files (x86)RailMaster. On Windows XP and earlier, it is just C:Program FilesRailMaster.The next major update of RailMaster will contain a backup routine to automate this. In the mean time you can either copy the files manually, or if you know your way around batch files you could create a small batch file to copy the required files onto another medium e.g.:- Copy "c:program files (x86)railmasterresource.mdb" e: Copy "c:program files (x86)railmastergroups.dat" e: Copy "c:program files (x86)railmaster*.pln" e: Copy "c:program files (x86)railmaster*.prg" e:The above batch file assumes your backup medium (e.g. USB memory stick) is located on drive e: although you can change this in the batch file if it a different drive letter. Batch files can be edited in the Windows Notepad text editor and saved with the file name something.bat. You can then create a shortcut to the file and run it from a single icon.Thanks for the bat file for RailMaster important files.Please confirm the same for TrackMaster are they just the .tp files?Copy "c:program files (x86)trackmaster*.tp" e:",2013-10-21 13:00:17,2013-10-21 13:00:17,067781,5665,1491058,NULL,Judging by the size of the toggles n those miniature toggle switches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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