Client Preferences Backup

During normal use of a computer there will be a client crashes. Depending on the severity of the crash, 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 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.

To keep these settings and preferences for future use or backup, users can make a copy of the cache and settings folders.

Locate the following folder, assuming the client is installed EVE in the default location:

On 32bit versions of Windows: C:\Program Files\CCP\EVE On 64bit versions of Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\CCP\EVE

Press Windows Key + R and paste the following line into the Run window.

Windows XP: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\CCP\EVE\c_program_files_ccp_eve_tranquility

Windows XP Steam: %USERPROFILE%\Local SettingsLocal Settings\Application Data\CCP\EVE\c_program_files_steam_steamapps_common_eve_online_tranquility

Windows Vista: %LOCALAPPDATA%\CCP\EVE\c_program_files_ccp_eve_tranquility

Windows Vista Steam: %LOCALAPPDATA%\CCP\EVE\c_program_files_steam_steamapps_common_eve_online_tranquility

Windows Vista 64bit: %LOCALAPPDATA%\CCP\EVE\c_program_files_(x86)_ccp_eve_tranquility

Windows Vista 64bit Steam: %LOCALAPPDATA%\CCP\EVE\c_program_files_(x86)_steam_steamapps_common_eve_online_tranquility

Windows 7: %LOCALAPPDATA%\CCP\EVE\c_program_files_ccp_eve_tranquility

Windows 7 64bit: %LOCALAPPDATA%\CCP\EVE\c_program_files_(x86)_ccp_eve_tranquility

Users will find the cache and settings folders, rename/move both of them in order to save them. Restore the saved versions to the appropriate version location after a major client crash in order to reset your client preferences and settings.