Setup Help

Setup - Moving Saved Messages From One Computer to Another

To move saved messages from one computer to another, follow this procedure:
  1. On the old computer, shut down PortalsXpress.
    pick the "File / Exit PortalsXpress" menu item
  2. Check the Windows Task Scheduler to make sure that "PortalsXpressDB.exe" is no longer running.
    Watch the "Processes" table until "PortalsXpressDB.exe" disappears from it
  3. Find the "PortalsXpress" database folder on the old computer.
    pick Windows' "Start / Search" menu item, and find "db.his"
  4. Copy the following data files from the old computer's "PortalsXpress" database folder to the new computer's Desktop:
    db.his
    db.idx
    db.log
    db.map
    db.odb

  5. Install PortalsXpress on the new computer.
  6. When the "Create a Trial Kit Account" dialog appears, click "Register Later".
  7. Check the Windows Task Scheduler to make sure that "PortalsXpressDB.exe" is no longer running.
  8. Find the "PortalsXpress" database folder on the new computer.
    pick Windows' "Start / Search" menu item, and find "db.his"
  9. Copy the data files (i.e., "db.his", etc.) from the new computer's Desktop to its "PortalsXpress" database folder, overwriting the files that are already there.
  10. Restart PortalsXpress.
    pick the "PortalsXpress" item from Windows' "Start / Programs" menu