Reinstall without loosing settings?

dalemccl wrote on 6/4/2012, 2:44 PM
I have been using VP11 64-bit ever since it came out but just discovered that when I originally installed it I somehow unintentionally installed it to a "Program Files" folder for another program. Instead of being located at "Program Files\Sony\Vegas Pro 11.0" it is at "Program Files\Singular Software\Sony\Vegas Pro 11.0". The "Singular Software" folder is where I also have Plural Eyes installed.

I want to put VP11 where it should have been installed in the first place: in "Program Files\Sony\Vegas Pro 11.0". Is there a way I can reinstall it to the right location but retain all the settings I have changed, such as Preferences and Toolbar/Keyboard Customizations, and avoid reinstalling all my plug-ins that expect to find VP11 at its current location?

I think the non-standard location is throwing off the installation of a trail version of Heroglyph 4 that I want to try. The Heroglyph installation routine recognized that I have VP installed and asked if I want to integrate the plug-in, but Vegas doesn't show it on the Media Generator tab. Even apart from the Heroglyph trial issue, as a matter of good housekeeping I just don't like having VP11 installed in such an odd place.

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Geoff_Wood wrote on 6/4/2012, 8:23 PM
Reinstalling in the right location should be fine - Vegas finds the plugins, not the other way around.

Other settings are in registry, and may or may not be preserved - they now certainly are if deinstall and reinstall to the same location. Default file location for other things is independant of program location.

geoff
dalemccl wrote on 6/5/2012, 8:59 PM
Thanks, Geoff. I'll install it to the "right" location and temporarily keep my current installation too so I can reference the old location's customizations if the new installation doesn't preserve them. That should make it easy to recreate them by opening both instances and flipping back and forth. At least I hope that works and that aving 2 locations of the same program doesn't muddle up the registry or something.
Geoff_Wood wrote on 6/5/2012, 10:29 PM
I think it would likely get the Registry mightily confused. Strongly suggest remove one then re-install.

It was only a few versions ago when user settings weren't retained at all after an uninstall, so entering them once more (paths, etc) shouldn't be the end of the world ...

geoff
dalemccl wrote on 6/5/2012, 11:15 PM
Thanks for the additional advice. I will play it safe and uninstall first to avoid the possibility of a messed up registry.
Irregular wrote on 10/15/2023, 12:35 PM

Were you able to reinstall Vegas without reinstalling the plugins?