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=== 2: COPY C1 AND OVERWRITE ORIGINAL WITH MX APPROACH ===
Alternatively, to run Cumulus MX with your existing Cumulus data, first take a back up copy of your existing Cumulus directory
Next obtain the MX distribution release as a zip as per previous option.
Now unzip Cumulus MX into the original Cumulus folder. The new CumulusMX.exe should end up in same folder as existing Cumulus.ini, there will be other files in this folder, and there will be some new folders you have not seen before like '''interface''' and '''MXDiags''', but MX continues to use the existing sub-folders without any change of name.
This saves you from copying any of your Cumulus 1 files, they just stay where they are and get used by MX.
Where your existing [[Cumulus.ini]] file makes reference to local folders (in say Extra Web Files), those references stay valid. The only edit you will make to configuration that affects Cumulus.ini is dependent on your weather station type, as explained later MX uses a different parameter to refer to the port used by the weather station.
Be aware that MX changes the date formats in some files, so that Cumulus 1 can no longer understand them, so be cautious about copying log files (.ini and .txt) back to your Cumulus 1 back-up should you want to revert to using Cumulus 1.
Some other issues that were described in previous sub-section will apply in this case, because for MX this approach (preserving Cumulus 1 in a new location) is no different to previous.
=== 3: NEW LOCATION APPROACH===
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