Moving my player profile and settings to another pc

[MrCrowe]

Hello All,

 

I would like to move my player profile and perk settings/weapon settings to another install of COD5 on a new pc that I am building.

I would like to move the data from a Windows 7 pc to a Windows 10 pc.

 

Is this possible, and if yes, how do I go about it?

 

Thank you!

Edited June 1, 2016 by Mr. Crowe

[Damage_inc-]

ask beers

Edited June 1, 2016 by Damage_inc-

[djMot]

Read ALL of this first, then proceed:

 

If you are upgrading, you shouldn't have to do a thing.  Mine worked fine going through an upgrade to Win 10.  If you're doing a clean install (which I've also done moving to an new SSD,) do this:

 

1. MAKE A BACKUP of these two folders: 

    C:\Users\<your user name here>\AppData\Local\Activision.  Note that this folder could be quite large as it also contains all the maps you've played. 

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision

 

2. Build your new PC

 

3. If you have a CD goto step 4a. If installed from Steam go to step 5

 

4a. Install COD5 from the original CD. Don't bother starting the game at this point.

4b. Apply all COD5 patches in order.  The patches are available in our download area.

4c. Copy the backup you made of C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision right over the new installation.  This should correct any PunkBuster update issues since your old version was probably working fine.

4d. Skip to step 6

 

5. Install from Steam.  I presume it already comes pre-patched so you shouldn't have to deal with that.

 

6. COPY the backup of your AppData\Local\Activision folder to your new c:\users\<username>\AppData\Local folder. (COPY not MOVE; you want a safe copy of this folder always!)

 

7. Start the game, and have fun.  You should be right where you left off.

 

8. If you went through Step 4 and the game will not run, try putting in the CD and running d:\DirectX\DXSETUP.exe.  This is the DX9 runtime needed for the game.  If you're having problems an you installed from Steam, check their forums for answers, or maybe someone else here can guide you.  Alternatively, just look for a DX9 installer that will run on Windows 10 from Microsoft.  DON'T download DirectX drivers from anywhere but Microsoft.  Can't stress that last statement enough.

 

9. Once you're sure everything is okay, then, and only then, is it safe to delete the copy of your original AppData\Local\Activision folder.  If you want to maintain a lighter version as a safeguard, you can delete the AppData\Local\Activision\CoDWaW\usermaps folder from your backup.  That will lighten the load by many GB.

 

Hope that helps.

[Labob]

What DJ said right there

[loaderXI]

Read ALL of this first, then proceed:

 

If you are upgrading, you shouldn't have to do a thing.  Mine worked fine going through an upgrade to Win 10.  If you're doing a clean install (which I've also done moving to an new SSD,) do this:

 

1. MAKE A BACKUP of these two folders: 

    C:\Users\<your user name here>\AppData\Local\Activision.  Note that this folder could be quite large as it also contains all the maps you've played. 

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision

 

2. Build your new PC

 

3. If you have a CD goto step 4a. If installed from Steam go to step 5

 

4a. Install COD5 from the original CD. Don't bother starting the game at this point.

4b. Apply all COD5 patches in order.  The patches are available in our download area.

4c. Copy the backup you made of C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision right over the new installation.  This should correct any PunkBuster update issues since your old version was probably working fine.

4d. Skip to step 6

 

5. Install from Steam.  I presume it already comes pre-patched so you shouldn't have to deal with that.

 

6. COPY the backup of your AppData\Local\Activision folder to your new c:\users\<username>\AppData\Local folder. (COPY not MOVE; you want a safe copy of this folder always!)

 

7. Start the game, and have fun.  You should be right where you left off.

 

8. If you went through Step 4 and the game will not run, try putting in the CD and running d:\DirectX\DXSETUP.exe.  This is the DX9 runtime needed for the game.  If you're having problems an you installed from Steam, check their forums for answers, or maybe someone else here can guide you.  Alternatively, just look for a DX9 installer that will run on Windows 10 from Microsoft.  DON'T download DirectX drivers from anywhere but Microsoft.  Can't stress that last statement enough.

 

9. Once you're sure everything is okay, then, and only then, is it safe to delete the copy of your original AppData\Local\Activision folder.  If you want to maintain a lighter version as a safeguard, you can delete the AppData\Local\Activision\CoDWaW\usermaps folder from your backup.  That will lighten the load by many GB.

 

Hope that helps.

 @@djMot Could you put something in the form you have here in the XI Bible for future reference of people who may need this info.... 

 

here --->https://www.xtremeidiots.com/page/public/bible/_/call-of-duty-5/

[deerejon]

Doesn't the downloader also have the capability to save profiles too?

[Magnus_1]

CALL ME PARANOID, BUT I'M AWFUL SUSPICIOUS OF MICROSOFT GIVING WINDOWS 10 AWAY FOR FREE..... SOMETHING JUST ISN'T KOSHER ABOUT IT. COULD IT BE THE "BIG BROTHER" IS INVOLVED? MAKES ME WONDER. MICROSOFT HAS NEVER GIVEN THEIR OSES AWAY BEFORE. JUST SAYING.

[Sammy]

Internet Explorer. But of course they got into trouble for that fiasco.

[Hunter1948]

Yes I use the downloader to back up my profile. It does not back up the maps and the punkbuster.

[Labob]

Here's the code I found from an old cod 5 backup profile .bat If there are any coders out there you can look at this and see if its worth the effort ??

@echo off 

:: variables 

set backupcmd=xcopy /s /c /d /e /h /i /r /y 

set hour=%time:~0,2% 

if "%hour:~0,1%"==" " set hour=0%time:~1,1% 

set folder=%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%_%date:~10,4%_%hour%_%time:~3,2% 



echo ### Backing up Call of Duty: World at War Profiles... 

%backupcmd% "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Activision\CoDWaW" "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\CoDWaW Profile Backups\COD5Backup-%folder%" 



echo Backup Complete! 

@pause

[MrCrowe]

Thanks everyone! I will get to this on the weekend.

[MrCrowe]

dj, is this section assuming a Windows 10 starting point? I didn't see this on my install.

 

I'm trying to copy my files from a Windows 7 install to a Windows 10 install. Please excuse my ignorance if I am barking up the wrong tree ;-)

 

Thanks for your help!

 

C:\Users\<your user name here>\AppData\Local\Activision

[Damage_inc-]

just start fresh its more fun

[MrCrowe]

dj, is this section assuming a Windows 10 starting point? I didn't see this on my install.

 

I'm trying to copy my files from a Windows 7 install to a Windows 10 install. Please excuse my ignorance if I am barking up the wrong tree ;-)

 

Thanks for your help!

 

C:\Users\<your user name here>\AppData\Local\Activision

Oops, silly me ... I forgot that I had to unhide hidden folders. After I made a backup I lost all of my acquired weapons and perks. How could that happen?