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09-04-08, 09:18 PM   #1
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Doh!!!

I'd just like to vent and make a public announcement of my short bus worthy brain fart I had this afternoon. I decided to switch from Windows Vista to Linux (Ubuntu). I was making sure to back up my music, videos, pictures, and of course my Addons and WTF folders from WoW onto an external hard drive.

Guess what I forgot to backup.......YEP! The Addons and WTF folders......<sigh>

So now, here I am trying to remember all the (75+) addons I have to re-download and configure while i wait for the patch(s) to download from blizz.
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09-04-08, 09:32 PM   #2
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Doh! That sucks man, good luck getting everything all set up. Last time something like this happened, I took the bright side and figured that it would be a good chance to clean everything up.
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09-04-08, 09:48 PM   #3
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/me hugs her favourites list
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09-04-08, 10:05 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Cairenn View Post
/me hugs her favourites list
you know i should be doing this too. I dunno why i havent used that feature yet


so thats a DOH for me too ! lol Remember all the addons, and reconfiguring all of them is one big pain inthe arse!
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09-04-08, 10:34 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Elloria View Post
you know i should be doing this too. I dunno why i havent used that feature yet


so thats a DOH for me too ! lol Remember all the addons, and reconfiguring all of them is one big pain inthe arse!
Heh, I've done that several times, and yea, it's usually a great chance to start from scratch and get that 'perfect' setup, with a different look.


I usually delete WTF about once a month or so, browse the sites, look at new stuff and say "Hmm, that looks interesting" and I'll spend an hour or so on a weekend, just fiddlin about, seeing what happens.
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09-05-08, 06:17 AM   #6
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Yeah, I guess I can look on the bright side and look at this as an opportunity to actually put all the addons I love and use on a favorites list, and possibly do a little remodel of my UI. I just don't want to take the time to do it right now...I was having fun leveling.

Oh well, que sera sera, carpe diem, carpe danum and all that
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09-05-08, 10:02 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by littlebuddha79 View Post
Guess what I forgot to backup.......YEP! The Addons and WTF folders......<sigh>
So now, here I am trying to remember all the (75+) addons I have to re-download and configure while i wait for the patch(s) to download from blizz.
You're so lucky. What a great chance to clean up all the unnecessary and never used stuff. ;D
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09-05-08, 11:47 AM   #8
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laughing my seXy ass off!
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09-05-08, 01:53 PM   #9
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I think this somewhat happened to me but in a different situation. Though, I don't run too many addons so I remembered to get them all back. Still a pain to reconfigure the UI again, though.
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Ok...looks like I have everything back to the way I like it (for the most part). Not much changed due to the fact that I used to constantly try different addon and different configurations for my UI...it always seemed to end up back the way I have it all setup now. I've found a setup that works for me, and I'm sticking with it. Have all my 167 folders back in my addons file (might have even added a couple since last time) and got most of them configured again.

I will post a screenshot in a while once everything is back to normal
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09-09-08, 06:00 PM   #11
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Aww that sucks, sorry buddha. But I hope you enjoy linux more than you did vista!
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09-09-08, 11:59 PM   #12
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a fairly easy way to see what you had is to check the SV file that you copied over.
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09-10-08, 09:21 AM   #13
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He forgot that folder, too.
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Originally Posted by Mera View Post
laughing my seXy ass off!
GASP! NO! If its a sexy ass by all means keep it!
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09-10-08, 02:43 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by THUNDER_CHILD View Post
a fairly easy way to see what you had is to check the SV file that you copied over.
Yeah, SV folder is inside the WTF...it got deleted too. But not to fear...all is back to normal for the most part
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09-11-08, 11:43 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by littlebuddha79 View Post
Have all my 167 folders back in my addons file
167????!?

At the most I have is like... 50. But 167????
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