Moving to ARGUS TV
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This is a temporary page to assist users in the transition between 4TR and ARGUS TV.
Before you begin
The ARGUS TV installer has been configured to allow users to easily upgrade their 4TR installation. It will uninstall 4TR and then copy your settings across to the new ARGUS TV install. You do not need to do anything before you begin (except ensure the family isn't using it).
If you want to start fresh, there are some steps you need to take in order to ensure that no settings are copied from an old 4TR install. See Fresh Install below.
Upgrading
If you want to upgrade and keep all your settings and channels intact, the process is very straight forward.
- Download the latest installer from the forums
- Extract and run the installer. The ARGUS TV installer will detect the old 4TR install and run it's uninstaller, this is a required step as the two products cannot run simultaneously. The 4TR uninstaller may ask if you want do a full uninstall. Click NO
- Continue with the install as normal.
Fresh Install
There are some steps to take to ensure you get a clean install rather than an upgrade. Once you have followed the steps below, run the installer as normal.
- Uninstall 4TR. If asked if you want a full uninstall, select YES.
- Delete the installation folders (see Install folder locations)
- Delete the SQL database (see Removing the SQL Database below).
Install Folder locations
These locations will give the location for 64 bit versions of Windows. If you run a 32 bit version, omit "(x86)" (where shown) from the path location.
Windows XP / WHSv1
- C:\Program Files (x86)\For The Record
- C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\For The Record
Windows Vista & above / WHS2011
- C:\Program Files (x86)\For The Record
- C:\ProgramData\For The Record
Removing the SQL Database
Removing the SQL database can be done in two ways
- Use SQL Management Studio (in case of MS SQL), or MySQL Workbench (for MySQL)
OR
- Use the DROP DATABASE command
You may need to delete ForTheRecord and/or ArgusTV databases.
SQL Management Studio / MySQL Workbench
As there should be plenty of guides to using these applications available, we will only provide a link. Google
MS SQL Drop Database
This is actually far easier than it first appears to a newbie. This assumes you have a default install of MS SQL.
Try these steps. This will delete the For The Record Database. If you have installed ARGUS TV once already, you will need to also do the optional step to delete the ARGUS TV database.
Open a command prompt (windows key + R, type cmd), and type the command on each line and press enter. (the commands are shown in bold, do not begin the command with a space).
Start here
Optional (deletes the ARGUS TV Database).
When you're done.
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MySQL Drop Database
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