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Client Preferences and Settings Backup: Difference between revisions

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During normal use of a computer there will be a client crashes.  Depending on the severity, users' EVE Online experience can be greatly and negatively effected. Upon reboot and relogging into EVE all user preferences may be reset to default, carefully constructed [[Overview Guide|overviews]] gone, the People & Places organization wiped (though the actual contacts and locations remain). Backing-up these settings and preferences is the only way of quickly restoring this vital data <ref> CCP GM Zhainius, EVE Online Customer Support, 2010.05.06</ref>.
During normal use of a computer there will be a client crashes.  Depending on the severity, users' EVE Online experience can be greatly and negatively effected. Upon reboot and relogging into EVE all user preferences may be reset to default, carefully constructed [[Overview Guide|overviews]] gone, the People & Places organization wiped (though the actual contacts and locations remain). Backing-up these settings and preferences is the only way of quickly restoring this vital data <ref> CCP GM Zhainius, EVE Online Customer Support, 2010.05.06</ref>.


To keep these settings and preferences for future use or backup, users can make a copy of the cache and settings folders.
To keep these settings and preferences for future use or backup, users can make a copy of the cache and settings folders.
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*On 64bit versions of Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\CCP\EVE
*On 64bit versions of Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\CCP\EVE
*Steam client on 32bit versions of Windows: C:\Program Files\steam\steamapps\common\EVE Online\
*Steam client on 64bit versions of Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\EVE Online\
*MacOS X: /Applications/EVE Online.app




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*Windows 7 64bit: %LOCALAPPDATA%\CCP\EVE\c_program_files_(x86)_ccp_eve_tranquility
*Windows 7 64bit: %LOCALAPPDATA%\CCP\EVE\c_program_files_(x86)_ccp_eve_tranquility
*German OS will be a variation of %USERPROFILE%\Lokale Einstellungen\Anwendungsdaten\CCP\EVE\
For Mac
*MacOS X: /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/EVE Online