# Backup settings

**URL:** <https://discuss.epiforge.com/t/backup-settings/87>\
**Category:** Grindstone 4\
**Created:** [May 18, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.epiforge.com/t/backup-settings/87 "2020-05-18T09:32:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![PackElend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@PackElend](https://discuss.epiforge.com/u/PackElend)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.epiforge.com/t/backup-settings/87/1 "2020-05-18T09:32:30Z")

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Hello,  
is there any possibility to backup the settings?

thx  
stefan

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**Author:** ![daniel.henry](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discuss.epiforge.com/daniel.henry/32/28_2.png) [@daniel.henry](https://discuss.epiforge.com/u/daniel.henry)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.epiforge.com/t/backup-settings/87/2 "2020-05-20T20:27:53Z")

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If you mean things in the Options dialog, yes. But the app won’t do it itself. You can do it by backing up your Windows user profile as a part of a third-party backup solution.

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**Author:** ![PackElend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@PackElend](https://discuss.epiforge.com/u/PackElend)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.epiforge.com/t/backup-settings/87/3 "2020-05-20T21:08:58Z")

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> [@daniel.henry](#):
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> You can do it by backing up your Windows user profile as a part of a third-party backup solution.

I have searching for it but I cannot find it, what is the path. There is nothing in AppData.  
I installed it via the MS Store

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**Author:** ![daniel.henry](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discuss.epiforge.com/daniel.henry/32/28_2.png) [@daniel.henry](https://discuss.epiforge.com/u/daniel.henry)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.epiforge.com/t/backup-settings/87/4 "2020-05-21T05:53:37Z")

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Ahh, that’s because the Microsoft Store is containerizing the app. It’s buried somewhere in your Windows User directory for sure.

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**Author:** ![PackElend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@PackElend](https://discuss.epiforge.com/u/PackElend)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://discuss.epiforge.com/t/backup-settings/87/5 "2020-05-21T18:34:56Z")

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> [@daniel.henry](#):
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> Windows User directory

found it thx to

> **[Where are Windows store apps installed and where do they save data](https://www.techmesto.com/windows-store-apps-installed-save-data/)**
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> Microsoft introduced the Windows Store apps called ‘Metro Apps’ with Windows 8. Microsoft later decided to call them ‘Modern Apps’. And as of today, in Windows 10, the store apps are simply called as “Windows Apps”. Microsoft uses a hidden...

by the way, does anyone know the data structure of the database (.gsjdb)?  
I would like to import it directly instead of doing it via csv export

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**Author:** ![PackElend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@PackElend](https://discuss.epiforge.com/u/PackElend)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.epiforge.com/t/backup-settings/87/6 "2020-05-22T16:09:00Z")

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> [@PackElend](#):
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> by the way, does anyone know the data structure of the database (.gsjdb)?

answered in [Use SQL Server - #19 by donvnielsen](https://discuss.epiforge.com/t/use-sql-server/28/19)