Thread: Backing up ICQ?
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Old 11-13-2004, 12:53 PM  
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Originally posted by FaberX
Do this:
1- Copy the whole icq dir to a safe place, ideally on a different drive.
2- Uninstall icq using add/remove programs (this wil clean the registry of icq traces)
3- Remove the remains of the icq dir from your local drive
4- Copy back the whole folder you backed up, but don't try to launch it!!!
5- Reinstall icq on top of that dir. This will set it up properly on the registry, and will auto import your db.
I was actually considering performing this exact course of actions, but somehow I thought it'd be too simple to be a good solution. Gonna do it now, let's see if shit floats.
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