Moving FFXI files from XP to Vista..

[Fairy-Killer]

I have a question for the mighty Tech support crew of BG. Is it possible to move FFXI files from computer to another computer? I recently received a laptop and my internet connection is not the best so reinstalling would suck. I also torrented WotG so I have no discs for it. So I ask, is it possible to move FFXI from my desktop to this laptop? Also, the desktop is XP and laptop is Vista. If this is impossible does anyone know where I can download WotG again? Thank you in advance.

[Pun]

You can transfer the files and modify the registry and register the DLLs, yes.

edit: Don't forget you'll need Vista POL. You can download it off of the Playonline Web site.

[Fairy-Killer]

Ok, how might I go about doing this if you don't mind explaining?

[Pun]

I'll PM you the necessary stuff.

[bungiefan]

Learn to use regedit, and search it for PlayOnline entries. The export option is there when you right-click. It's not really that hard to do. As for moving the files, you do it just like anything else.

[Nerji]

can i get a pm of that info also, i'll be moving to vista soon.

Thanks.

[levish]

i just installed vista pol and non-expansion ffxi (FFXI discs 1-3) then copied over my latest files for FFXI/POL. Then when i went to launch they went through a file check and I was off to the races.

[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.

[Nerji]

Thanks for the info

[Avanarius]

You don't need vista pol if you already have an updated version of FFXI. PoL from the old cd is the one that didn't work in vista.

[virusiidx]

i just installed vista pol and non-expansion ffxi (FFXI discs 1-3) then copied over my latest files for FFXI/POL. Then when i went to launch they went through a file check and I was off to the races.

This is the easiest way if you're not comfortable with messing with the registry. Just install the game and expansions like normal, then copy over and replace the FINAL FANTASY XI directory, start up the game, run the update, it'll file check and only download/install any missing files, which usually can be 0-20 files.

[Zhane]

I had a similar problem to this. However mine was moving from XP to XP. I copied my registry on my home computer saved it on a usb HD and made a .bat file in my SE folder. Loaded it on the other xp and it worked fine.

However, now I'm trying to use that same info on a vista computer. When I did the same process on vista it wouldnt load POl viewer. So I downloaded the vista version of POL and POL worked. However everytime I hit Play it said FFXI wasnt installed. Anyone know why this is? I made a new registry from the above post and it let me hit play but said FFXI newest version not installed. So i hit retry and it started an update of 20,000+ files. I'm assuming it's re-updating all my files?

[bungiefan]

If you look, it's only CHECKING the files, not downloading. The file check happens when the modification date of the file doesn't match what is expected, like you manually copying files over an old install to update it. ONce the check is done, the download and install steps will be skipped, unless there was a patch since your backup.

[Neb]

Could I get a pm of this as well im in the process of doing this right now?