Moving the program to another computer

MissNancyIrene

Is there a way to move OpenLP to another computer or a thumb drive without losing all the 100's of songs and choruses that I have typed up in the song list?  My PC is acting up and I am afraid I will lose all all my work. Actually I would love to use the program from a thumb drive and free up space on my PC.  If there is a way,  could you please tell me how to do it step by step.  I am fairly computer literate,  but no genius.Thanks Nancy

PaulR

There is a portable version of OpenLP that would allow you to run OpenLP from a USB drive., Once installed to the USB drive you can  simply plug it into a suitable computer and you would be up and running. The performance might be a bit slower than from a regular disk drive but it is workable. 

You can also move the location of the OpenLP data Just go to Settings -> Configure OpenLP... and then click on Advanced. The Data Location section shows you where your OpenLP data is located currently and gives you the option to choose an alternative path. You can create a folder on a USB drive and then choose this as the location. When you close OpenLp the data will be copied to the USB drive. Next time you start OpenLP It will use this new location  - I haven't tried it but I guess OpenLP will complain bitterly if you start it up without the USB drive.

Hope this helps,

-PaulR

raoul

See the section in the manual on backing up your data: http://manual.openlp.org/backing_up.html