Transferring macros

[Drwatson]

I want to format my hard disk and reinstall windows etc, but i don't want to loose all my macro pallets.

Do i simply copy all the files from the following folder?

C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\USER

or is there alternative/better option?

[Pikarya]

The following data can now be backed up on PlayOnline's servers.
-"Config" settings inside the main menu (excluding platform-specific settings such as "key assign", and language-specific items).
-[Current tell target] history for "chat" inside the active command window.
-Macro and book data.
-Map marker data.
-Item display sorting data for the "bid" option in the auction menu.

[Storage Location]
It is now possible to store configuration data on PlayOnline's servers, in addition to your game machine's own hard disk drive. Up to four slots are available on your hard disk for this purpose, while one slot is available on the server. One slot stores one character's worth of configuration data. Selecting a used slot will overwrite existing data.

[Saving Configuration]
Bring up the configuration file save screen by pressing the following buttons/keys at the character selection screen, and choose the slot in which you wish to save.

"PlayStation 2": L1 button + L3 button
Xbox 360: LB + left stick button
Keyboard: [Shift] + [Alt] + [Ctrl] + [B]

[Loading Configuration]
Bring up the configuration file load screen by pressing the following buttons/keys at the character selection screen, and choose the slot from which you wish to load.

"PlayStation 2": R1 button + R3 button
Xbox 360: RB + right stick button
Keyboard: [Shift] + [Alt] + [Ctrl] + [R]

[Deleting Configuration]
Bring up the configuration file deletion screen by pressing the following buttons/keys at the character selection screen. Confirm deletion to restore default settings for the currently selected character.

"PlayStation 2": R1 button + L2 button + R3 button + L3 button
Xbox 360: R2 + L2 + right stick button + left stick button
Keyboard: [Shift] + [Alt] + [Ctrl] + [D]

Cheers

[Klaatu]

While we're on topic of reformatting, is it possible to backup entire FFXI directory to bypass reinstalling it later? The entire FFXI directory is located on a separate partition.

[Mafai]

This is what i did when i moved to win7. ripped from windower site.

backed up PlayOnline folder in Program files (or Program Files (x86)), and put it where it belongs on new machine. modded the reg files as stated below, ran them. startup POL and do file check. load ffxi and do file check again (you will get bad version error here, but it takes u to the update screen which initiates a ffxi file check)

Edit: After checking over the [code]s it does not show certain characters that the registry uses, and they show up as question marks where these characters belong, so, I have uploaded and 32-bit and 64-bit registry file for you to edited.

FFXI Reg 32&64 - Mediafire

Use the one that fits your OS architecture.

Modify the paths (mine being D:\\Games\\SquareEnix\\) to reflect your installed location. To do this, extract and open the required reg file for your OS, and open it with notepad. Right-click and hit edit is the easiest way. Hit CTRL+H. Paste D:\\Games\\SquareEnix\\ into "Find what" box, and then type the directory where PlayOnlineViewer, FINAL FANTASY XI, and Tetra Master folders reside into the "Replace with" box. For example, if these three folders are in D:\Stuff\FFXI it would look like this in the replace box. The double \\ is needed for the registry file to understand it's a directory.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...in/replace.png

When this is done, just hit replace all.

You will notice in the 64-Bit that I have the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT entries there twice. This is because im not sure where it places them, so I just let it add them twice. Once in hkey_classes_root, and once in the hkey_classes_root\wow6432node directory. Anyway, when you've changed the directories correctly, just hit file -> save, then double click the reg file, hit yes to merge into registry and your good to go.

[virusiidx]

I want to format my hard disk and reinstall windows etc, but i don't want to loose all my macro pallets.

Do i simply copy all the files from the following folder?

C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\USER

or is there alternative/better option?

That will work, as well as what was mentioned on the 2nd post if you want to save/load from the server.