Transferring Preferences Between PCs

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Boxer records most of the editor's preferences and settings in the Windows Registry.  This includes all the options within the multi-page Preferences dialog, as well as window sizes and positions, screen colors, fonts, private clipboard content, recent files, search strings, user tools and much, much more.

 

Some of Boxer's settings are maintained in .INI files in order to make them readily editable and/or to facilitate the exchange of such information with other Boxer users.  Here is a list of the on-disk configuration files and their content:

 

Template.ini    Template information

Toolbar.ini     Toolbar information

Syntax.ini      Color Syntax Highlighting information

*.kbd           Keyboard layout files

*.bkr           Keystroke recording files

User List.?     User List files

userdict.txt    User-defined dictionary entries

AC_words.txt    Auto-Complete dictionary

 

If it becomes necessary to transfer Boxer from one PC to another, and you'd like to ensure that all of the settings are maintained in the new installation, the above files should be copied to the new installation directory.

 

To move information from the Windows Registry, use one the following procedures:

 

Windows 95/98/Me:

 

Run REGEDIT.EXE
Locate and highlight the registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Boxer Software\Boxer Text Editor 12
From the Registry menu, select the Export command
Export the selected branch to a .REG file
After copying the file to the destination PC use the Import Registry File command on the Registry menu to load the settings or double-click on the .REG file from within Explorer.

 

Windows NT/2000:

 

Run REGEDT32.EXE
Locate and highlight the registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Boxer Software\Boxer Text Editor 12
From the Registry menu, select the Save Key command
Save the registry key using a .REG file extension
After copying the file to the destination PC use the Restore command on the Registry menu to load the settings or double-click on the .REG file from within Explorer.

 

Windows XP:

 

Run REGEDIT.EXE
Locate and highlight the registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Boxer Software\Boxer Text Editor 12
From the File menu, select the Export command
Save the registry key using a .REG file extension
After copying the file to the destination PC use the Import command on the File menu to load the settings or double-click on the .REG file from within Explorer.

 

 

bm2In order to be sure the latest settings are stored in the Registry, make sure you exit Boxer before exporting the Registry information.

 

bm2On a networked PC, it may be necessary to login at a higher level to get access to RegEdit.  It may then be necessary to login under the normal user name so that the HKEY_CURRENT_USER entries will be visible.

 

bm2Some versions of RegEdit have a bug.  If RegEdit reports trouble reading back a .REG file that it has created, one Boxer user has suggested saving the file as a .HIVE file instead.