I am planning to do a clean install of Windows 10 & I was wanting to keep my current interface with how the addons currently work (don't want to set everything up again).
Is there a way to save all these files without corrupting them by transferring them to my secondary storage? If so which folders should I save to get the same setup I currently have?
08/06/2015 01:50 PMPosted by GosuI am planning to do a clean install of Windows 10 & I was wanting to keep my current interface with how the addons currently work (don't want to set everything up again).
Is there a way to save all these files without corrupting them by transferring them to my secondary storage? If so which folders should I save to get the same setup I currently have?
If you do a clean install without formatting your HD the install program will detect your current Windows installation and save everything in "Program Files", "Program Files (x86)", "Windows" and "User" folders to a folder called "windows.old".
If your Wow folder is in one of those 4 folders then you don't need to do anything. Just right click on the "World of Warcraft Launcher" and "run as administrator" when done doing the clean install. Battle.net will then reinstall itself. I have successfully done this several times with no problems over the last 2-3 months.
All your addons are in your "Interface" folder which is inside your Wow folder. Should you happen to have problems try renaming the Cache folder first, then the WTF folder and finally the Interface folder although you will lose all your addons doing this.
It would also be a very good idea to completely backup your Wow folder to another drive if possible and then copying back to same location later if need be.
Um.... if you don't completely delete the contents of the C drive, it wouldn't be a clean install. You also risk leaving incorrect DLLs and other things laying around.
What you are describing is a re-install- not a clean install.
What you are describing is a re-install- not a clean install.
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08/06/2015 03:02 PMPosted by LucylocklessUm.... if you don't completely delete the contents of the C drive, it wouldn't be a clean install. You also risk leaving incorrect DLLs and other things laying around.
What you are describing is a re-install- not a clean install.
I'm planning to do a clean install after upgrading to windows 10 via media tool creation of UEFI Boot, unless you are responding to the person above.
Yes I was- didnt want to requote all his stuff. Sorry for the confusion!
By the way, do you mean you will be replacing your existing Windows 10 install with a clean version?
Asking because many people attempt to replace their non-Windows 10 os with a clean install first, and that will basically fail. The install will work, but it will not be an activated install of Windows 10. You must first upgrade an existing os to Windows 10, then if you wish do a clean install. (If you clean install over an older OS you will actually have to put back the old OS and do the upgrade before doing a clean install).
Just being sure you aren't under the same misunderstanding as others have been.
Asking because many people attempt to replace their non-Windows 10 os with a clean install first, and that will basically fail. The install will work, but it will not be an activated install of Windows 10. You must first upgrade an existing os to Windows 10, then if you wish do a clean install. (If you clean install over an older OS you will actually have to put back the old OS and do the upgrade before doing a clean install).
Just being sure you aren't under the same misunderstanding as others have been.
I will be upgrading first to activate the key then clean installing.
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08/06/2015 03:02 PMPosted by LucylocklessUm.... if you don't completely delete the contents of the C drive, it wouldn't be a clean install. You also risk leaving incorrect DLLs and other things laying around.
What you are describing is a re-install- not a clean install.
It is fairly obvious that you have very limited experience doing any sort of install. "Wise men speak not of things they know nothing about" or something like that.
FYI Lucy no incorrect DLL's get left lying around only in your imagination. I have on one machine done around 5 clean installs/reinstalls in a row over about 2 years and had 4 windows.old on C: cause I was lazy and every new install worked perfectly.
If they worked perfectly why did you have to do it 4 or 5 times? Just wondering.
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Gosu,
If you can save the entire WoW folder somewhere, and then move it back after the Windows 10 install is done, you can do that. If not, just save your WTF and Interface folders, and you can replace those after reinstalling WoW.
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If you can save the entire WoW folder somewhere, and then move it back after the Windows 10 install is done, you can do that. If not, just save your WTF and Interface folders, and you can replace those after reinstalling WoW.
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