Software Bisque Knowledge Base Article - 1238
RESTORING THESKYX'S SETTINGS
ISSUE
At times you may wish to restore TheSkyX's personalized settings to their defaults, a previously backed-up state, or duplicate your settings on another computer. (For help with backing up your settings, see Backing Up TheSkyX's Settings.)
These settings include preferences, toolbar and window configurations, .SKYX documents, observing notes, custom horizons, imaging system definitions, field-of-view indicators, TPoint data and models, and more.
RESOLUTION
This discussion refers extensively to TheSkyX Application Support Files (ASF) folder. Note that this is a description of the folder, not its name!...follow the link for details.
If you wish to restore TheSkyX to factory-default settings, you can simply rename or delete your current ASF folder. The next time TheSkyX is launched it will create a default ASF folder, requiring entry of your name and serial number.
The following procedure may be used to restore a backup of your settings. It assumes that your destination computer already has an ASF folder in place. If TheSkyX has never been run on that computer, we recommend that you first install and launch it (even if you cancel the serial number and license agreement), which will create a default ASF folder.
- Mac: Use Finder to open the drive and folder containing the backed-up ASF folder*.
Windows 10: Use File Explorer to open the folder containing the backed-up ASF folder*.
Windows (pre-10): Use Windows Explorer to open the folder containing the backed-up ASF folder*.
*Don't open the ASF folder itself. - Right-click on the backed-up ASF folder.
- From the pop-up menu, choose Copy; it's normal that nothing appears to happen.
- Mac: Navigate to your Library/Application Support folder.
Windows 10: Navigate to your Documents folder.
Windows (pre-10): Navigate to your My Documents folder. - Locate and right-click on (don't open) the Software Bisque folder. If this isn't present, read the paragraph before step 1.
- From the pop-up menu, choose Paste to write a copy of the backed-up ASF folder to the Software Bisque folder. (If you're asked if you wish to overwrite the current folder by the same name, you may do so, or use a different name for the folder being pasted.)
- Open the Software Bisque folder and, if it isn't already, rename the just-pasted ASF folder as follows (according to the edition):*
TheSkyX First Light Edition
TheSkyX Student Edition
TheSkyX Serious Astronomer Edition
TheSkyX Professional Edition
*If a folder other than the one you just pasted already has this name, you'll need to rename that folder first, such as by adding the word "backup" to its name. - Launch TheSkyX and the restored settings, including name and serial number, should now be present.
Tips:
- If TheSkyX asks for your name and serial number, verify that you placed the backed-up ASF folder in the correct location (step 4) and that it is named correctly (step 7). If the ASF folder was supplied by another user, they may have removed their name and serial number(s).
- If TheSkyX gives an error message about read-only (Windows) or locked (Mac) files, it may be that the ASF folder and/or its files have been given the read-only or locked property by the backup-and-restore procedure. In this case, you should remove this property (see this WikiHow.com article, "How to Change File Properties").
See the related article on Backing Up TheSkyX's Settings.
APPLIES TO
- TheSkyX First Light Edition
- TheSkyX Student Edition
- TheSkyX Serious Astronomer Edition
- TheSkyX Professional Edition
SBKB; backup; settings; TheSkyX Professional Edition; TheSkyX Serious Astronomer Edition; OS X; Windows
