Classic Workbench update and upgrade

Muzer · 21 February 2010, 20:55

Since there is no official way to update v24 LITE to v25 FULL, I'm planning to first make a backup, then just copy all the files on top of the existing files, overwriting when required.

Which files should I back up? I know I should back up things like startup-sequence etc. and manually merge the files, but is there anything else I will need to restore that will be overwritten (eg for remembering which WHDLoad games are installed)?

Muzer · 22 February 2010, 11:40

I just managed to get it working properly by removing most of the things from WBStartup apart from copper and FreeWheel

Bloodwych · 28 February 2010, 23:50

I'd have helped with this but it would have been hard to judge the outcome of doing an upgrade in such a manner., so I kind of chickened out. Plus there are quite a lot of files a user can customize after an initial install.

I enjoy creating the packs, but I hate doing update packs and messing around writing install scripts and checking for user files that need backing up etc etc - I tried in the past, so time consuming and boring - so I've never bothered again!

I only really offer support for fresh installs. Glad you got something to work in the end anyway.

To answer your question about WHDLoad games - you can just rescan after an update.

21 February 2010, 20:55	#1
Muzer Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Posts: 146	Classic Workbench update and upgrade Since there is no official way to update v24 LITE to v25 FULL, I'm planning to first make a backup, then just copy all the files on top of the existing files, overwriting when required. Which files should I back up? I know I should back up things like startup-sequence etc. and manually merge the files, but is there anything else I will need to restore that will be overwritten (eg for remembering which WHDLoad games are installed)?

28 February 2010, 23:50	#3
Bloodwych Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'm behind you! Posts: 3,763	I'd have helped with this but it would have been hard to judge the outcome of doing an upgrade in such a manner., so I kind of chickened out. Plus there are quite a lot of files a user can customize after an initial install. I enjoy creating the packs, but I hate doing update packs and messing around writing install scripts and checking for user files that need backing up etc etc - I tried in the past, so time consuming and boring - so I've never bothered again! I only really offer support for fresh installs. Glad you got something to work in the end anyway. To answer your question about WHDLoad games - you can just rescan after an update. Last edited by Bloodwych; 01 March 2010 at 00:14.

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22 February 2010, 11:40	#2
Muzer Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Posts: 146	I just managed to get it working properly by removing most of the things from WBStartup apart from copper and FreeWheel

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