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--- bitcomet_client_issues_and_possible_solutions [2011/06/14 07:56]
greywizard [Tasks have disappeared/deleted tasks reappeared in my tasklist after a BitComet restart. How can I fix this?]
+++ bitcomet_client_issues_and_possible_solutions [2012/03/07 12:23]
greywizard Added new topic : How can I transfer my tasks to another computer?
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 If it's not then recheck the %appdata% permissions -- often you need to check all the permissions for the entire tree and every node in it. The account you usually run BitComet under - normally your own - should own the directory and files, and have full control of both.
+==== How can I transfer all my tasks to another computer? ====
+If you wish to move all your tasks (active and/or stopped) to a new computer and hence to a new installation of BitComet you will have to follow a few easy steps:
+    - Copy the current BitComet download folder (the folder which holds the files for each task) onto the new computer and make sure that it resides in a partition which has the same letter as the previous one (i.e. if your current download folder is //D:\BitComet Downloads// then make sure you move BitComet Downloads on the D:\ partition of the new computer.\\ If you don't have a partition with the same letter on the new computer then you'll have to move all the tasks from within BitComet (select the tasks, right-click and choose //File Move To//) into a folder on the current computer whose path **can** be replicated on the new one and you'll have to do this **prior** to moving the files to the new computer or exporting the tasklist. (E.g. if your download folder on the current computer is //D:\BC_Downloads// but you'll only have a //C:\// partition on the new computer (bad idea by the way) then you'll have to move all your tasks into //C:\BC_Downloads// on the **current** computer **prior** to moving the folder on the new computer. This ensures that each task points toward the right path, not towards an inexistent one, on the new PC.
+  - Go to the //File// menu and choose //Import and Export Download List...//. In the lower section named "Export" click on the ellipsis button and choose a filename and location for the backup file. Make sure that the "Export all tasks" radio button is selected before hitting the //Export// button. This will create a backup copy of the tasklist and BitComet settings into a backup file.
+  - Select all the tasks in the Task List of BitComet and then right click and choose //Save Torrent As// and save all the .torrent files into a location of your choice.
+  - Make sure that in your new installation of BitComet the variable //system.use_app_data// is set to TRUE into //Options-->Advanced//.
+  - Open a new Explorer window and type in the address bar //%appdata%\BitComet\torrents// then hit Enter. You should find yourself into the //\torrents// folder of the new BitComet installation. Copy in here all the .torrent files that you saved in Step 3.
+  - Go into the //File-->Import and Export Download List...// and into the upper section called Import choose the backup file which you saved in Step 2. After BitComet finishes importing the list, you should be done and have an identical completely functional list of tasks as on the old computer.
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