Tiny correction, you skipped a âcâ in the second argument to the âcpâ command in the Linux example and wrote âNextloudâ, heh. Although I suppose it wonât work anyways then since cp will complain about the nonexistent folder.
Well yes and no, we see this as a feature. People might not even use the ownCloud client, but another branded one. Or some people donât want to use it for everything yet.
Just imagine Firefox installation would install Chrome, IE, âŚ
Also catching all cases of this is not very easy. On protected windows system you might not even be allowed to uninstall and all that stuff.
Yes, youâre right. But the installer could look if the owncloud client is installed and could show advice how to migrate if it isnât able to do it automatic.
And perhaps it should also show a warning that using owncloud and nextcloud client parallel on the same server could leed to issues?
I think most browsers actually do offer to import bookmarks/history/etc from other installed browsers on first run?
This should probably be done on first run of the client, not in the installer (because of system-wide installations of the client for multiple users)
What I think would be ideal:
On first run: detect existing alternative clients, if found:
offer to import settings instead of going through the ânormalâ setup process
if the user chooses to import settings:
instruct user to shut down the other client
wait for the other client to shut down
import settings from the other client
instruct user to uninstall the other client (as it is likely to auto-restart on the next reboot)
On not-first runs: detect running alternative clients, if found:
either refuse to start, or warn the user that two clients syncing the same files will probably cause Problems.
This seems like quite a lot of work to actually implement though, and messing with other installed software is probably non-trivial (also: what if they already have multiple other clients installed?..)
Yeah well, at the moment we only theme the upstream/downstream client. Once we actual change code, we might do that. Until then we decided to go with the âmanual copy the configâ route.
First: thanks for the tutorial! Works like a charm :D!!! HoweverâŚ
I need to know where does the owncloud.cfg file is hidding in Win XP (i know⌠itâs an old OS⌠not supported⌠and so on but there REALLY isnât any other chance right now!!! I really need to install this on XP and i really want to migrate to nextcloud :).
can anyone help? (or do i have to reconfigure everything all over again )
Great. Just a tip if everyone is looking for the same: You have to set the explorer to see hidden folders.
But i now have another problem: everytime i start the client in a Guest Account (which is in use) it asks for the password. If i logout and login again, it asks it again⌠Any work around?
Is there a reason we could not copy it all?
Because we want the configuration and skiplist files, and i guess cookies and folder âfoldersâ wont hurt?
Or maybe cookies is not compatible for some reason?
And I failed to find what âfoldersâ is used for.
Since Nextcloud Client 2.6 and more since 3.0 some necessary changes in regards to the security of the config as well as preparations for End-to-end encryption, it was not possible to maintain this compatibility anymore as ownCloud also did changes into another direction at the same time. Currently it seems that removing the client and data and then redownloading it is the better option, until someone found the time to readd compatibility, see https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/issues/2536 for some information and use it as point of discussion if you want to solve this issue yourself.
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