Saving Settings & Add-Ons When Upgrading OS.

[sidmoore]

I am using Sketchup Make on both a Windows 7 & 8.1 machine and am about to upgrade to Windows 10 on both. My question is: Is there a way (and, if so, what is the procedure) for saving my existing settings and add-ons to re-apply when I reinstall Sketchup Make? Thanx, guys!

[oceanembers]

window -> preferences -> shortcuts will allow you to export your shortcuts to a file

If you use the sketchucation plugin store, you can go to settings (the little gears) -> bundles and then autoinstall all extensions for the bundle corresponding to your old system.

If you don't use the sketchucation plugin store, or have some extensions that aren't on there, you can copy them from wherever they're stored on your system - it'll either be C:\Users(your user)\appdata\Sketchup\Sketchup 2015\plugins, or C:\ProgramData\Sketchup\Sketchup 2015\plugins

[Aerilius]

If you really "just" upgrade (as you describe), your preferences and user data should stay untouched, even Windows has become capable of this nowadays. If you instead prefer to wipe all and fresh install, it is indeed needed to backup and restore all data you want to retain. Note that beta software is by definition unfinished, and third-party support (graphic drivers) may not be available or not in usual quality. Beta software is not intended for normal end users.

In any case, having backups is save:

• Make sure you save the SketchUp installer that you want (only the current versions are downloadable at any time).
• Backup your SketchUp user data (plugins, components etc.):
  %(#000000)[%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\SketchUp\SketchUp 2015\SketchUp]
  (In older versions this is in the program folder.)
• BackUp your SketchUp preferences from the registry (only if you feel comfortable using the registry)
  Open "regedit", navigate to the hive " %(#000000)[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2015]" and Registry → Export it to a file.