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    What files/folders to backup with removing/reinstalling Revit?

    as a proposed solution to an ongoing issue with R2016 C4R I am preparing to uninstall and reinstall R2016 and C4Rv9. There are some very exacting instructions on the Autodesk support site regarding how to uninstall Revit completely, except they say "be sure to backup any custom family or template files prior to following this procedure". All of my family and template files are not in the Revit folder locations. I have backed up my Win10 registry, my revit.ini file, my keyboard shortcuts. Is there anything else that needs to be backed up to allow me to relatively easily get up and going again? My plan is to reinstall all of my 3rd party apps so no need to back those up. Anything else?
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    These links may be helpful:
    10 Revit supplementary files and where they are located by default… - The Revit Clinic
    Who moved my Cheese (Files) ? - Important File location changes for Revit 2012 - The Revit Clinic
    It moved... - The Revit Clinic
    Revit add-ins: Purger (delete UNUSED and selected line patterns & line styles, find & delete CAD), Rooms To Spaces, Schedule Utilities (Calculated Values/Combined Parameters To Tags, reuse view filter rules in schedule filters), View Filter Manager (with bunch of other features) at Autodesk App Store, View Filter Manager ML, SolarDaylight

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      #3
      Originally posted by Artejon View Post
      These links may be helpful:
      10 Revit supplementary files and where they are located by default… - The Revit Clinic
      Who moved my Cheese (Files) ? - Important File location changes for Revit 2012 - The Revit Clinic
      It moved... - The Revit Clinic
      thanks for those Artejon. I had come across two of the three in my search for information. It's funny that there doesn't seem to be much information about this issue after 2012. Maybe the R2012 file location changes were the last to be made to date??
      I'm retired, if you don't like it, go around!

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        For versions newer than 2014, user preferences are no longer stored in the UIState.dat.
        They got moved to the Windows Registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\Revit\%RevitVe rsion%\Workspace

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          Originally posted by Markus View Post
          For versions newer than 2014, user preferences are no longer stored in the UIState.dat.
          They got moved to the Windows Registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\Revit\%RevitVe rsion%\Workspace
          interesting, this is one of the registry keys that Adesk says to delete to completely remove R2106. If it points to all of the user preferences I assume that I can restore this key from backup and have my user settings back?? Sorry if this is a dumb question, I'm a detailer and don't deal with registry keys much (or more like ever)
          I'm retired, if you don't like it, go around!

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            #6
            Hi Dave, this Windows Registry key is user specific. You can definitely restore (export/import) the key so long as it is the same hardware.

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              Originally posted by Markus View Post
              Hi Dave, this Windows Registry key is user specific. You can definitely restore (export/import) the key so long as it is the same hardware.
              It is that, thanks Marcus...here we go!
              I'm retired, if you don't like it, go around!

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