Migrating the Desktop Environment
Using Desktop, you can import or export various settings when migrating the computer environment, when you wish to migrate and use Desktop with the same settings on multiple computers, etc.
You can import or export these settings using the Import & Export Tool that is installed when you install Desktop.
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IMPORTANT
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Desktop cannot start if you copy/restore the disk image of a computer in which Desktop is installed to another computer or another hard disk using a backup tool, etc. When migrating a Desktop environment to another computer, make sure to use the installer to reinstall Desktop.
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The following two methods exist for migrating a Desktop environment. The settings that can be migrated differ according to the migration method.
Importing Settings
A user settings file exported from the source environment can be imported to the Desktop installed in the target environment using the Import & Export Tool.
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NOTE
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Even if the source environment and the target environment use a different Windows OS, most settings can be migrated.
Migration from a new version to an old version is not guaranteed.
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When performing migration, the settings that can be migrated differ according to the following conditions.
If the user name (the Windows login name) of the source environment and target environment are the same:
Most settings can be migrated. Only a user settings file exported from the same version of Desktop can be used.
If the user name of the source environment and target environment are different:
The settings that can be migrated are limited.
Distributing Settings
A user settings file exported from the source environment can be integrated in an installer and installed to the target environment using that installer.
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NOTE
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Even if the source environment and the target environment use a different Windows OS, most settings can be migrated.
In "Distributing Settings", settings are not guaranteed to be migrated if the source environment and the target environment use a different version of Desktop.
If you migrated the environment using the procedure in "Distributing Settings", fewer items are migrated than with the procedure in "Importing User Settings".
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