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      <h1 class="p_Heading1"><span class="f_Heading1">Moving Beyond Compare to Another Computer</span></h1>

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<p class="p_Subtitle"><span class="f_Subtitle">To copy or move Beyond Compare to a different computer</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 24px; margin: 3px 0px 14px 0px;"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family: 'Verdana';color:#000000;display:inline-block;width:24px;margin-left:-24px">1.</span>On the new computer, download and install the latest version of Beyond Compare.</p><p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 24px; margin: 3px 0px 14px 0px;"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family: 'Verdana';color:#000000;display:inline-block;width:24px;margin-left:-24px">2.</span>Enter your registration key in the new installation.</p><p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 24px; margin: 3px 0px 14px 0px;"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family: 'Verdana';color:#000000;display:inline-block;width:24px;margin-left:-24px">3.</span>Run Beyond Compare on the old computer and pick <span class="f_Command">Tools &gt; Export Settings</span> to save all desired settings in a file.</p><p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 24px; margin: 3px 0px 14px 0px;"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family: 'Verdana';color:#000000;display:inline-block;width:24px;margin-left:-24px">4.</span>Copy this settings file to the new computer.</p><p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 24px; margin: 3px 0px 14px 0px;"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family: 'Verdana';color:#000000;display:inline-block;width:24px;margin-left:-24px">5.</span>Run Beyond Compare on the new computer and pick <span class="f_Command">Tools &gt; Import Settings</span> to load the settings file.</p><p class="p_Normal"><img width="12" height="12" style="margin:0;width:12px;height:12px;border:none" src="note.png"/><span class="f_Subtitle">Note  </span>If you have Beyond Compare version 2.0 or older on the old computer, you will not have an Export Settings command.  You can contact Scooter Software for assistance in transferring your settings.</p>
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<p class="p_SingleSpaced"><a href="dlgexport.html" class="topiclink">Exporting Settings</a></p>
<p class="p_SingleSpaced"><a href="dlgimport.html" class="topiclink">Importing Settings</a></p>

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