Hi Bettina here
My church laptop had to be wiped due to a virus infestation . I have a
backup of all my songs on a USB stick which I have installed into the
computer but can’t get it to link in with new installation of the app.. I’m
obviously missing something to add them to the OpenSong data base.
Would love some help in sorting this out.
I have approx 650 songs to transfer would love it to be easy but so far no
idea what to do.
Thankyou
I'll assume you're running a Windows laptop. When you install the app, when first run it should create a directory in your home folder which contains the folders Backgrounds, Scripture, Sets, Settings, and Songs. If I'm not mistaken it should be in your Documents folder under the subfolder OpenSong.
So you just need to copy all your songs into C:\Users\<your_name>\Documents\OpenSong\Songs</your_name>
The exact path may vary (for example if you use OneDrive I believe that moves some things around). You could ALTERNATIVELY go to Settings->General Settings, go to the File Location tab, and set a Custom file location (this is what we do for my church worship leaders). Point it to any folder on your computer (not on your USB stick of course). Make sure the songs are in the Songs subfolder (so if you're pointing it to C:\MyOpenSong, the songs must be in C:\MyOpenSong\Songs)
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You can find the current location OpenSong uses for your files from the same place in settings as described by Oon-Ee-Ng above. Below the radio buttons Default and Custom is a text box that shows the path. If part of the path is clipped by the edge of the text box, start selecting (highlighting) the text with your mouse and the text will scroll to make the rest visible. You can then copy the selected text to the clipboard by pressing Ctrl + C, then paste the path into the address bar of windows explorer in order to navigate there. From there navigate to the folder Songs , or just overwrite the existing folder with the copy from your USB stick.
You can also replace the files in the other folders here, if you want. This will restore Sets, Backgrounds and most settings from the settings dialogs.
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
Hi Bettina here
My church laptop had to be wiped due to a virus infestation . I have a
backup of all my songs on a USB stick which I have installed into the
computer but can’t get it to link in with new installation of the app.. I’m
obviously missing something to add them to the OpenSong data base.
Would love some help in sorting this out.
I have approx 650 songs to transfer would love it to be easy but so far no
idea what to do.
Thankyou
I'll assume you're running a Windows laptop. When you install the app, when first run it should create a directory in your home folder which contains the folders Backgrounds, Scripture, Sets, Settings, and Songs. If I'm not mistaken it should be in your Documents folder under the subfolder OpenSong.
So you just need to copy all your songs into C:\Users\<your_name>\Documents\OpenSong\Songs</your_name>
The exact path may vary (for example if you use OneDrive I believe that moves some things around). You could ALTERNATIVELY go to Settings->General Settings, go to the File Location tab, and set a Custom file location (this is what we do for my church worship leaders). Point it to any folder on your computer (not on your USB stick of course). Make sure the songs are in the Songs subfolder (so if you're pointing it to C:\MyOpenSong, the songs must be in C:\MyOpenSong\Songs)
You can find the current location OpenSong uses for your files from the same place in settings as described by Oon-Ee-Ng above. Below the radio buttons Default and Custom is a text box that shows the path. If part of the path is clipped by the edge of the text box, start selecting (highlighting) the text with your mouse and the text will scroll to make the rest visible. You can then copy the selected text to the clipboard by pressing Ctrl + C, then paste the path into the address bar of windows explorer in order to navigate there. From there navigate to the folder Songs , or just overwrite the existing folder with the copy from your USB stick.
You can also replace the files in the other folders here, if you want. This will restore Sets, Backgrounds and most settings from the settings dialogs.