Transfering BricsCAD v14 on Windows 7 to a new computer with Windows 10.
I am sure this has been covered in the past, but after searching back a few years, and several page, plus searching the knowedgebase, I came up empty handed.
I have a new computer, and have already installed my BricsCAD v14, transferred the license, and then hoped to just over-wright the BricsCAD v14 directory with the one from the old computer. I also copied and activated the user profile. The file structure is exactly the same as before. I have set BricsCAD to run with full permission (run as administrator doesn't see to be an option on Windows 10.
However, my approach does not seem to work. Right now BricsCAD opens with no menu, or any tool bars.
-Joe
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I also had not much luck converting my Microstatio
Settings from Win7 to Win10..I think lots of settings paths changed or got more
in Win10. It worked only partly. i did the rest from scratch.I assume you may now have a lot of paths in your settings
pointing in the wrong direction.In the past I did win7-Win10 upgrade and had an Administrator
account that included my settings. win 10 locked me out and
I was not able to even access the old files.
As it was a VM and I kept a backup I could reach the files
but copying these over to the new account did not completely
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I eventually realized that the path changed, because my user name on the new computer was different. So, I change the user name, and now I have a lot more that came across, and all the paths are good.
However, the keyboard shortcuts are not there. E.g. the letter "L" used to start a line, but now I must type more of the command to start a line. Also, trying to create them by using the "command alias" tab (I am not sure that is the right place to do it) results in an error saying "Unable to open program parameters file: default.pgp"
-Joe
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Standard location of the PGP file:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Bricsys\BricsCAD\V14x64\en_US\Support\default.pgp0 -
I eventually learned that the main thing I have been fighting all along is that Windows 10 has hidden security "features" that got in the way. Specifically, when copying files over a local network, if you are going to put the files in a protected directory, you are prompted to provide permission. But, then it acts like it is copying them, while not copying them at all. There is no notice that the files were not copied.
-Joe
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I know this is an old thread, but I am actually trying the same thing anew. My computer broke a while ago, and I had to start with a new computer. I was finally able to access the old drive from the broken computer. I can access a lot of it, but some directories that I try to open get the hourglass at my mouse cursor, and it doesn't go away.
My hope is that if I replace each of the directories related to BricsCAD in the new computer, with the old ones, that I will regain all the things I set up. Custom toolbars, with macros is my main concern.
I was able to access the Bricsys related directories, except for the AppData directory, and the PGB file is stored in a sub-folder of that.
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Bricsys\BricsCAD\V14x64\en_US\Support\default.pgpThe main thing I am seeking from my old system, is the stuff that is there. I wonder if there are utilities that help you retrieve things from damaged hard drives. Can anyone suggest one? - Preferably free?
-Joe
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A web site suggested that you can just try multiple times to access a file. And sure enough, I was able to get the files from the AppData\…\BricsCAD Support directory. I replaced the equivalent one on the new computer, without any change from before.
I know the Profile Manager is the way provided to transfer from a working old computer, to a new computer. But, it must be run on the older computer from within BricsCAD… which obviously won't work on a broken computer.
Is my hope to get all the old macros, etc. back a hopeless case?
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You'll be on W11 now? Could be different. Microsoft are very insistent to now abandon W10 (unsupported, no antivirus updates etc). W7 was so sweet and straightforward. I'm still on Office 2010, same reason.
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Success! What I needed to do was to load the custom CUI file I had created when I made all my toolbars, and macros.
-Joe
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Sounds like it is the right time to backup everything CAD related to a USB then can as you say load menu's, support paths, profiles etc when a disaster occurs.
Thinking about a new laptop so have to reload everything. I keep all the old code on the old laptop just plug a network cable to the old one, when building the new one.
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