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Moving WinFax Pro 10 phone books?

Discussion in 'Other PC Software' started by Alex Ethridge, 2002/02/27.

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  1. 2002/02/27
    Alex Ethridge

    Alex Ethridge Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Installed WinFax Pro 10 on older machine and created phonebooks with hundreds of numbers. Later bought new computer and now need to transfer phone books.

    What files is the phonebook information stored in? Which files can I copy from the old edition to the new installation and see my phonebooks?
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    How to copy the default phonebook (My Phonebook) to another computer

    Situation:
    You want to know how to copy the WinFax PRO default phonebook, My Phonebook, to a different computer.

    Solution:
    To copy the My Phonebook phonebook to another computer, follow these steps:

    NOTES:
    These instructions are for copying the default phonebook named My Phonebook only. If you need to import another WinFax PRO phonebook, please see the document How to import phonebooks.
    WinFax PRO must be installed in exactly the same location on both computers.
    You will lose all information in the default phonebook on the target computer as existing files are overwritten, not merged.


    1. Exit all open programs and stop the WinFax PRO service if you are running Windows NT or Windows 2000 on both computers.
    2. Click Start, point to Find, and click Files or Folders. The Find dialog box appears.
    3. From the Look In drop-down list, select the drive onto which you installed WinFax PRO/TalkWorks PRO.
    4. Check Include subfolders (if not already checked).
    5. In the Named field, type my-ph-bk*.* and click Find Now. Windows displays all files matching the search criteria. (There should be at least 12 files.)
    6. Transfer these files using a floppy disk, zip disk, or through a network connection to the second computer
    7. Place the files in the WinFax ...\Data folder on the second computer, (for example: c:\program files\symantec\winfax\data).
     
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    Zephyr

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    Although I don't have/can't afford WinFax Pro, I have used a version of WinFax (Lite) that came with my original (1994) computer and transferred it quite easily to my new machine.

    I copied ALL the files in the WinFax directory using WinZip to span diskettes and then unzipped them to the new system, placing them in the same heirarchy position on the drive. Then I did an install of WinFax right over the top and it saved all my phonebook files and cover pages. Too easy.

    HTH
     
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  5. 2002/02/28
    Alex Ethridge

    Alex Ethridge Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Thanks, Steve. I will try your suggestion early next week.

    Zephyr,
    I have used that very method for many years and it always worked; however, when I try that method with Windows XP, I get "This program is not registered for this copy of Windows. ". Mind you, I have installed the program, erased the new installation folder and then put the old installation folder in its place. If I put the old installation folder in its place first and then install on the new system, WinFax does not recognize the old phone books or faxes.

    People can sing the praises of XP all they want; I know better. Backward compatibility went out the windows in this edition. There is a limit to how much security most users need.
     
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    Zephyr

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    Alex,

    I appreciate the heads up. I shall keep that in mind when I consider my next upgrade.

    Zeph
     
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    Alex Ethridge

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    I'm using Windows 2000. It behaves the same as Windows 9x and ME when it comes to things like this. I'll be sticking with Windows 2000 for a long time yet and let others anguish over hardware and software incompatibilities while I coast along with great stability in a program that gives none of the headaches XP does.

    I recently had a customer who had to can his CD-ROM burner and his scanner when his new Dell arrived with XP preloaded.
     
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