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== Moving Cumulus software to a new PC (or updating Windows Operating System) ==
== Moving Cumulus software to a new PC (or updating Windows Operating System) ==
Cumulus will continue to work with your existing weather station and existing log files, providing
Cumulus will continue to work with your existing weather station and existing log files, providing
#Your Windows regional settings are the same (i.e. date format unchanged, decimal point symbol unchanged, list sparator character unchanged) - if there is a difference, the new installation cannot understand the old lines in the file and will give an error when Cumulus is restarted.
#Your Windows regional settings are the same (i.e. date format unchanged, same time zone, decimal point symbol unchanged, list separator character unchanged) - if there is a difference, the new installation cannot understand the old lines in the log files and will give an error when Cumulus is restarted.
#You may need to 'tweak' a few things (serial port number etc) in [[cumulus.ini]].
#You may need to 'tweak' a few things (serial port number etc) in [[cumulus.ini]].
#The Cumulus 'data' sub-folder has been copied across, together with 'cumulus.ini' from the folder with cumulus.exe in it, and if you have created a 'strings.ini' that file too.
#The Cumulus 'data' sub-folder has been copied across, together with 'cumulus.ini' from the folder with cumulus.exe in it, and if you have created a 'strings.ini' that file too.
#Obviously if you use customised web pages, then you need the corresponding templates in the new installation.
#Obviously if you use customised web pages, then you need the corresponding templates in the new installation.
#Any other customised files (images and/or a twitter.txt file, for example), you may want to copy those over too.
#Any other customised files (images and/or a twitter.txt file, for example), you may want to copy those over too.


== Can I view my Cumulus data on another device? ==
== Can I view my Cumulus data on another device? ==
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