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(Had this in waiting for a few days now. Describes how to control and manipulate the Global User Directory coming in 4.0.) |
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== Moving Saves from Older Versions == | == Moving Saves from Older Versions == | ||
Using saves from an older versions of Dolphin to 4.0-era builds is easy. The default location of the Global User Directory is <tt>C:/[your username]/My Documents/Dolphin Emulator</tt>. Just copy the the <tt>GC</tt> and <tt>Wii</tt> folders from your old build's User directory to the Global User Directory. You can | Using saves from an older versions of Dolphin to 4.0-era builds is easy. The default location of the Global User Directory is <tt>C:/[your username]/My Documents/Dolphin Emulator</tt>. Just copy the the <tt>GC</tt> and <tt>Wii</tt> folders from your old build's User directory to the Global User Directory. You can even copy all of the contents of your old User folder if you like, though the GameConfig folder will be ignored. | ||
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*Right click the new <tt>Dolphin Emulator</tt> key, and select <tt>New > String Value</tt>. Name the value "LocalUserConfig" | *Right click the new <tt>Dolphin Emulator</tt> key, and select <tt>New > String Value</tt>. Name the value "LocalUserConfig" | ||
*Double click the "LocalUserConfig" value and an Edit String dialog appears. Under "Value Data", type the number <tt>1</tt>. | *Double click the "LocalUserConfig" value and an Edit String dialog appears. Under "Value Data", type the number <tt>1</tt>. | ||
From now on, when you run a new Dolphin build it will create a User folder next to the EXE, just like it used to. | |||