Can I take these with me : ODBC connections & Network Mappings

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Steve

Hi;

I am on windows 2000 and I may need to rebuild my hard drive.

I have a LOT of obdc connections and drive mappings.


Is it possible for me to save these and just plop them into my new win2k build?

Thanks in advance

Steve
 
If you're using file DSN's, then you can copy them from/to
%ProgramFiles%\Common Files\ODBC\Data Sources


If you use system DSN's then you can create a *.reg file from;

You'll need to get the subkey with the DSN names
HKLM\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\ODBC Data Sources

and also the subkey for each DSN
HKLM\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\
 
Dave Patrick said:
If you use system DSN's then you can create a *.reg file from;

You'll need to get the subkey with the DSN names
HKLM\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\ODBC Data Sources

and also the subkey for each DSN
HKLM\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\
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I have seen .reg files. I never made one nor do I understand the
syntax. Can you point me to a "how to" somewhere?

Steve
 
Run regedit.exe, navigate to the desired key, then from the registry menu
File|Export
 
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