Occurrence
If I uninstall or upgrade the MapInfo Discover Standalone or Bundle, will I lose my license or my drillhole project and other configuration files?
Or I am transferring to a new computer - what folders should I backup and transfer to maintain my settings and customisations?
Solution
Discover
Licenses
See the related articles on transferring or returning a license to a different computer.
When MapInfo Discover is uninstalled the license is preserved on that computer (i.e. the license is unaffected by a MapInfo Discover uninstall). Upon reinstalling MapInfo Discover a new activation code is not required.
Note if you have uninstalled already, you can still transfer or return the license, as the License Manager will still be installed under the Program Files (x86)>Encom as the CLSECURE32.exe.
Drillholes, Projections, Legends and other Configuration information
MapInfo Discover Drillhole project metadata and other user configuration information is saved sub-folders in the default locations -
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Encom\Discover\
AND
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Encom\Common\
MapInfo Pro
License
When uninstalling Mapinfo Pro, you will be automatically prompted to return the license and it will be removed from the computer.
Custom Projections
If you are installing the MapInfo Discover Bundle and have custom projections, see the related KB article here -
Custom Thematic templates and symbols and configuration
To transfer between computers, wit the same version of MapInfo Pro installed, simply copy the contents of this folder to the same location on the new computer -
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\MapInfo\
If upgrading to different versions, there will be extra steps after this to transfer the thematics. See the related KB below on transferring thematics to new versions.
