Backup ADX (Accudemia Data eXchange) configurations

In order to backup your import job configurations and login credentials stored in your current ADX installation you'll need to do the following:

  1. On the machine where you have ADX currently installed and configured press the Windows Logo key + R to open the run dialog box.
    • Type:
      C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Apps\2.0\Data\
      where %username% should be automatically replaced with the name of the Windows User Account you're logged into the PC currently.
  2. You'll notice inside this folder there will be several uniquely numbered folders per ADX installation. Search for and locate a file labeled APPLICATION.FDB inside of one of these sub-folders.
  3. Now select the file, right-click it, and select Copy.
    (If you find more than one of these files choose the one with the latest date)
  4. Finally right-click the location you want to backup the configuration file and select Paste to backup this APPLICATION.FDB file in a safe location where you want to it saved (a network share or another server).

Restore ADX (Accudemia Data eXchange) configurations

Now to move the configurations to another machine, you need to put that file in another ADX installation. To do so, do the following:

  1. First, download and install ADX on the new machine.
  2. From the new machine locate the APPLICATION.FDB file from the saved safe location.
  3. Now right-click and choose to copy the backed-up APPLICATION.FDB file.
  4. On the new machine press the Windows Logo key + R to open the run dialog box.
    • Type:
      C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Apps\2.0\Data\
      where %username% should be automatically replaced with the name of the Windows User Account you're logged into the PC currently.
  5. You'll notice inside this folder there will be several uniquely numbered folders per ADX installation. Search for and locate a file labeled APPLICATION.FDB inside of one of these sub-folders.
  6. Finally right-click in the folder location and paste the APPLICATION.FDB file you have backed up to replace the APPLICATION.FDB file you just found on this new PC.

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