Q242563: AoE II: How to Move Campaigns, Scenarios to a Different Computer

Article: Q242563
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): WINDOWS:2.0; :
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsetup kbui kbimu msgame
Last Modified: 06-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, version 2.0 
- Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes how to move your saved Age of Empires II: The Age of
Kings games, campaigns, and scenarios to a different computer.

MORE INFORMATION
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To move your saved Age of Empires II games, campaigns, and scenarios to a
different computer:

1. On the original computer, use Microsoft Backup or a similar program to make a
  backup of the following files

  drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\SaveGame\*.*

  drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\Campaign\*.*

  drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\Scenario\*.*

  drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\Player.nfo

  where drive is the drive letter of the hard disk on which Age of Empires II is
  installed.

  NOTE: "*.*" represents all files located in the folder.

2. Install Age of Empires II on a different computer.

  NOTE: If Age of Empires II is already installed on the other computer, you may
  want to rename the Player.nfo file on the other computer to preserve the
  player name and campaign progress it contains.

3. If Age of Empires II Expansion is installed on the original computer, install
  it on the computer onto which you want to move the saved games.

4. On the computer onto which you want to move the saved games, campaigns, and
  scenarios, restore the files you backed up in step 1 to the appropriate
  folders.

Additional query words: 2.00 aoe2 aok msgame copy transfer

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Keywords          : kbsetup kbui kbimu msgame 
Technology        : kbHomeProdSearch kbGamesSearch kbAOESearch kbAOE2Kings
Version           : WINDOWS:2.0; :
Issue type        : kbhowto

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