Winamp has a modular design and you don’t have to install the parts you don’t use. It makes it very hard for free projects like this to find sponsors to keep the projects going. It doesn’t make sense to cling to very old versions of stuff.

Keep a “Reg.nfo” in the root of your winamp folder for future reference. Note: You can also add your registration into the ini file I believe (or just re-reg it when you move machines if you need the 2 extra features Pro version gets. You can use Universal Extractor and do some fluffing around or do it like I said above :) I don t run the winamp agent, and I’m not sure about the file associations (it was a quite a while ago) – I either searched and replaced the path/exe of winamp in the registry or it actually handled it from winamp’s preferences.ĮDIT: Here’s the link. Easy as pie to backup (I use FreeFileSync and a “Portable” batch to mirror all my portable software to an external). Edit the winamp.ini = set no_registry=1, restart winamp, set preferences, window positions etc bingo! I’ve been using a portable winamp for the last 4 years. Stick your Winamp folder somewhere (eg “D:/Portable/Audio/Winamp/”), start winamp, close winamp. Essentially (top of my head) install winamp, copy the c:/program files (x86)/winamp directory, uninstall. Go you could just “port” WinAmp to a portable state – it’s really simple. While it is possible to backup data manually, it is not as comfortable as using the tool, especially since you can customize what is being backed up and restored. If you are using Winamp you may find the backup tool useful. Update: The most recent update of the extension improves third-party handling and contains an option to combine all backed up files in a single archive. Here you can also select to restore all data or only select data points depending on your needs. You are asked to select the path of the backup that you want restored, and the path of the Winamp data folder on the current system or a connected system. The restore and transfer options works in a similar fashion. Depending on how many customizations you have added to Winamp, it may take a bit longer to complete on your system. It took 23 seconds to complete the backup on a test system. If you select the latter, you can customize the backup so that only select items are included.

Next up is the option to run the backup automatically, or select the items that you want included.

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