Best way to scratch an existing MB (3.1) and do a clean re-install?

[Pat]

I currently have MB installed, with many updates/patches, backup/restore over time. I experience some issues which are not reproducible on other instances. I'd like to scratch the existing MB installation completely so that I can reinstall MB as clean a possible.

I was thinking of the following procedure:


1. Use the backup function, including the library settings file.
2. Note the layout options as best as possible as I believe there is no 'backup' file that will contain this.
3. Use windows control panel to uninstall MB
4. Remove all files in <user>/Appdata/Roaming/Musicbee if the uninstall did not do that
5. Remove all files in c:\Programfiles (x86)/Musicbee if the uninstall did not do that
6. Reinstall MB
7. The current MB library is on a different drive than the MB executable, so that library folder as library in the settings.
8. Delete the default MB library file



Comments? Anything I forgot?

[psychoadept]

That sounds about right, but your layout settings are actually contained in the MusicBee3Settings.ini.

You might find this page helpful: http://musicbee.wikia.com/wiki/Backup_%26_Restore

[Pat]

That sounds about right, but your layout settings are actually contained in the MusicBee3Settings.ini.

You might find this page helpful: http://musicbee.wikia.com/wiki/Backup_%26_Restore

I installed MB 3 update 5 and then MB3.1 so to have the same version before/after.
Replacing MusicBee3Settings.ini in "<user>Appdata/Roaming/MusicBee" worked well.
The layout was preserved. I noticed that also the auto-organize library definition was preserved in that ini file.

[psychoadept]

I think auto-organize is in MusicBeeLibrary.ini.  I'm glad it worked for you!

[Pat]

Thanks for the help!

I took the opportunity to merge my two separate libraries (Modern music / Classical music) into one and instead use the 'Filter' functionality to distinguish between the two.