Hello All!

It's pretty obvious what the "Plugins" directory is for but I don't recall ever seeing any WinPoint plugins anywhere. Does anyone know if any exist?

Regards,
Martin

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//Hello Martin,//

on *19.02.23* at *10:38:05* You wrote in Area *WINPOINT*
to *All* about *"Plugins directory"*.

Hello All!

It's pretty obvious what the "Plugins" directory is for but I don't
recall ever seeing any WinPoint plugins anywhere. Does anyone know if any exist?

It is a leftover from the "classic" WinPoint. The last version officially supporting plugins was probably 1.78 or so almost two decades ago. On the way to the current version, I removed the API because I did not really like how it worked and was too lazy to maintain it.

Yes, there existed a few plugins. The most prominent one was called WPBackup and could backup the configuration and maybe more. Also, I think multiple chess plugins existed.


Regards,
Tim

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Yes, there existed a few plugins. The most prominent one was called WPBackup and could backup the configuration and maybe more.

Is there a way with the current version to backup the configuration?

thanks
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Hello Thom!

*** Wednesday 22.02.23 at 09:46, Thom Lacosta-Bsm wrote to Tim Schattkowsky:

Yes, there existed a few plugins. The most prominent one was called
WPBackup and could backup the configuration and maybe more.

Is there a way with the current version to backup the configuration?

I don't know what the official method is but I do this:

- Copy everything in C:\Users\<my_username>\AppData\Roaming\WinPoint\ to
my backup directory on my NAS.

- Backup(export) the following registry key to my backup directory on my
NAS:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\New.Vision.Software\WinPoint\

Works for me! :-)

Regards,
Martin

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//Hello Martin,//

on *24.02.23* at *11:06:00* You wrote in area *WINPOINT*
to *Thom LaCosta-BSM* about *"Plugins directory"*.

Hello Thom!

Thanks....I'll give it a try....appreciate the response,

I don't know what the official method is but I do this:

- Copy everything in C:\Users\<my_username>\AppData\Roaming\WinPoint\ to my backup directory on my NAS.

- Backup(export) the following registry key to my backup directory on my NAS:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\New.Vision.Software\WinPoint\

Regards,
Thom LaCosta
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//Hello Martin,//

on *24.02.23* at *11:06:00* You wrote in Area *WINPOINT*
to *Thom LaCosta-BSM* about *"Plugins directory"*.

Hello Thom!

*** Wednesday 22.02.23 at 09:46, Thom Lacosta-Bsm wrote to Tim Schattkowsky:

Yes, there existed a few plugins. The most prominent one was called
WPBackup and could backup the configuration and maybe more.

Is there a way with the current version to backup the configuration?

I don't know what the official method is but I do this:

- Copy everything in C:\Users\<my_username>\AppData\Roaming\WinPoint\ to my backup directory on my NAS.

- Backup(export) the following registry key to my backup directory on my NAS:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\New.Vision.Software\WinPoint\

Works for me! :-)

For me as well. In addition, one may like to backup the actual files.

Regards,
Tim

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