TimeLeft - Countdown, reminder, clock, alarm clock, tray clock, stopwatch, timer, sticker, auction watch and time synchronization utility.

Understanding where TimeLeft keeps it's files, transferring TimeLeft data to another computer, deploying TimeLeft manually, etc.

1. Files locations
There are 2 sets of TimeLeft files:
  1. Program files (main executable files - one set per computer)
  2. Data files (settings and options files - *.INI, temporary and log files - for each user).

Program files by default are installed into Program Files\TimeLeft folder (CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES).
Data files are stored:
  - for Windows 95/98/ME/NT and below - into Program files folder as well;
  - for Windows 2000/XP/Vista and above - into Current User Application Data\NesterSoft\TimeLeft folder (CSIDL_APPDATA).

TimeLeft default files location for different Windows versions:

Windows	TimeLeft Program files	TimeLeft Data files
95,98,ME,NT	C:\Program Files\TimeLeft	C:\Program Files\TimeLeft
2000, 2003, XP	C:\Program Files\TimeLeft	C:\Documents and Settings\<USERNAME>\Application Data\NesterSoft\TimeLeft
Vista	C:\Program Files\TimeLeft	C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\NesterSoft\TimeLeft

Data files location can be overridden by starting TimeLeft with the command line parameter -datafolder <new folder>.
E.g. timeleft.exe -datafolder c:\tl_data starts TimeLeft and uses c:\tl_data folder instead of default location.

<new folder> can be equal to (or contain) $APPPATH$ - this variable will be replaced with the timeleft.exe folder. This is useful when using TimeLeft from the flash drive which can have different letters assigned.
E.g. TimeLeft\timeleft.exe -datafolder $APPPATH$ starts TimeLeft and uses current timeleft\ folder instead of default location

2. Data files folder structure:

*.ini	settings files (tl.ini, reminder.ini, countdown.ini, stopwatch.ini, etc)
Log\	log files folder
Export\	countdown web-export folder

INI files are necessary for the TimeLeft operation. Rest of the folders can be emptied or archived/removed.

Windows 2000:

Windows XP:

Windows Vista:

2. Manual moving or deploying TimeLeft
To transfer all TimeLeft settings to another computer:
1. Install TimeLeft Deluxe and apply your license key.
2. Copy settings from the old computer: Move all INI files (located in the Data folder) into corresponding location on the new computer.

To manually copy TimeLeft to another computer(s) preserving all current settings - copy TimeLeft Program and Data folders into corresponding paths. TimeLeft doesn't use Windows registry.

You can place TimeLeft Program files in any folder, not necessary in the C:\Program Files\TimeLeft
If you want to place TimeLeft Data files in non-default location - use -datafolder command line parameter for running TimeLeft.


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