[WriteLog] Moving WL Setup to New Computer

[Wayne, W5XD]

This is well hidden in the WriteLog help file (search for the "File 
Extensions" page)

> As of WriteLog version 12, the on-screen positions of the various 
> docking windows is not saved in the .WL file, but instead is in the 
> Windows registry. A snapshot of those registry settings is saved along 
> with the .wl file when you File/Save. The name of the file is the same 
> as the .wl file, but with -DockingPanes.reg appended to the name. 
> /There is no routine reason to use this file./ Its only purpose is to 
> enable recovering the on-screen window positions from the .wl file 
> when you copy that file from one machine to another, and therefore to 
> an environment where the Windows registry settings when you did 
> File/Save are not available at File/Open. Even in this special 
> situation, it might not be possible for WriteLog to make good use of 
> the previous on-screen window positions because the screen size (and 
> number of monitors) might not match what they were at File/Save time.
>


> *Ken Widelitz*kwidelitz at gmail.com 
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> Hi Jeff,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. I was unaware of that tool and got excited when
> I read your email, but no joy when I tried it. Nothing changed.
>
> 73, Ken, K6LA / VY2TT
>
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM Jeff Stai <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com  <http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/writelog>> wrote:
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> >/I see Tools->Recover Window Layout exists, but it's not clear how it 
> works />/or if this is what you need - 73 jeff wk6i />//>/On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM Ken Widelitz <kwidelitz at gmail.com 
> <http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/writelog>> wrote: />//>>/I've transferred my Writelog.ini settings and a specific contest to a 
> new />>/laptop computer, identical to the one from which it was transferred. I />>/imported the .ini file and opened the .wl contest file. WL comes up with />>/the default Windows style toolbars and only the default windows for log />>/entry and log. />>//>>/Can I get the same Writelog windows setup on the laptop as on the old />>/computer without redoing it manually? />>//>>/73, Ken, K6LA / VY2Tt />>/_______________________________________________ />>/WriteLog mailing list />>/WriteLog at contesting.com 
> <http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/writelog> />>/http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/writelog />>/WriteLog on the web: http://www.writelog.com/ />>//>//>//>/-- />/Jeff Stai ~ WK6I ~ wk6i.jeff at gmail.com 
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