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Impulse Archiving/Restoring Tutorial on WC Wiki

September 7, 2010 11:25:41 AM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums

WC member gmc2 has created a user tutorial on how to Archive and Restore using Impulse, and posted it to the WinCustomize Wiki.  Thanks for taking the time to create this, and remember anyone can post a tutorial or guide to the WC Wiki for others to use.

http://wiki.wincustomize.com/wiki/Impulse:_Archiving/Restoring_Programs

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Reply #1 September 7, 2010 12:03:49 PM
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Thanks Spencer, nice job gmc2!!!  This will be helpful.

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Reply #2 September 7, 2010 1:19:02 PM
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you're welcome, nice to be able to help.

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Reply #3 September 7, 2010 2:44:58 PM
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Reply #4 September 8, 2010 12:32:40 AM
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Finally! I only wish I knew how to do this before, having lost 2 decent applications to buggy updates. A request to the powers that be: Impulse could use a 'how to' menu. Thanks gmc2!
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Reply #5 September 8, 2010 1:40:12 AM
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Luckily, my other PC still has an earlier version of DeskScapes installed: the one where you right-click on desktop>properties>DeskScapes>apply. I want to archive this version but it doesn't appear on Impulse, which instead offers DeskScapes 3 and says 'previous version installed' under 'status'. But right-clicking on it won't give an 'archive' option for this previous version, only 'download and archive' for DeskScapes 3. Any ideas on how to find and archive the previous version would be really appreciated.
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Reply #6 September 8, 2010 7:38:01 PM
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Nice one!

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Reply #7 September 8, 2010 7:55:35 PM
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Well done tutorial. Short, thorough and to the point. Thanks! 

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Reply #8 September 8, 2010 9:03:49 PM
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Thank you for putting this up, very good to have.

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Reply #9 September 9, 2010 8:42:51 AM
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Well done!

 

Might want to add that Download and Archive is OS independent and Archive is not.

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Reply #10 September 9, 2010 9:44:28 AM
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ZUBAZ! BRO!

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Reply #11 September 9, 2010 11:48:35 AM
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Might want to add that Download and Archive is OS independent and Archive is not.

I hear the words but not sure of the meaning. what's the difference from archive and archive and downloading what specifically.

speak layman Zubaz. I'll make the additions or you can make the changes if you like, either or...

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Reply #12 September 9, 2010 12:16:29 PM
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Quoting gmc2,
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Might want to add that Download and Archive is OS independent and Archive is not.

I hear the words but not sure of the meaning. what's the difference from archive and archive and downloading what specifically.

speak layman Zubaz. I'll make the additions or you can make the changes if you like, either or...

I speak Zubish; I don't think speaking laynam is possible for me.

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Reply #13 September 9, 2010 1:55:34 PM
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Great job on the tutorial. Everyone should archive their apps, so this will be very helpful.

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Reply #15 September 10, 2010 1:53:14 AM
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Reply #0 Friday, September 10, 2010 1:37 AM Zubaz reply #7, August 18, 2010: "You can set Impulse to archive your existing app on install of an update. It can eaiteher create a new achive each time or overwrite the last one." I didn't know this option existed under Advanced Settings. "Archive application before updating" in Advanced Settings should do the trick. Thanks, Zubaz gmc2 you might want to mention in the Tutorial that this option exists under Advanced Settings.
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Reply #16 September 10, 2010 9:24:57 AM
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Nice tutorial gmc2!

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Reply #17 September 10, 2010 1:25:36 PM
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gmc2 you might want to mention in the Tutorial that this option exists under Advanced Settings.

it's under item 4, "future considerations".

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