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Moving our Products to a New PC
The architecture of Windows creates a substantial barrier against moving user files and settings to a new PC. But, though not a trivial task, your files and settings can be re-gained. Here is how.First, you must re-install the product(s) on the new machine. You cannot simply copy files or folders! With FontMagic/400, ProSign/400, and Shop-Com/400, re-installation is all you have to do. No user files or settings are present on the PC.
For FORMagic/400 and FORMagic/400 PDF, after the installation, copy these files from the original folder to the new folder. Note that both of these products share a common installation, so you do not have to do this separately for each product.
Some of these files may not be present on your PC. Note that the "hp" files, once uploaded to the AS/400, are generally not used by FORMagic/400 on the PC so you may be able to safely ignore them.
- overlays.cdx
- overlays.dbf
- pdfparm.cdx
- pdfparm.dbf
- *.hpi, *.hpo, *.hps
- fmpd00id.txt
The above files also transfer any installed product keys. However, please remember, these are copyrighted products; and you are limited to installation on one PC unless you have purchased additional copies.
Don't you wish Microsoft would learn from the twenty-five years of highly favorable user experiences with the IBM AS/400?