Final Desktop Update for Offline Mode

I'm in the same boat but with WordSearch 9, 10 & 11. I went to purchase 12 and it was no longer available due to the transistion.

I was looking to see if they had a way to get our libraries on disk for the eventual replacement of a system. I never did learn about how to back everything to restore if in case of a new system or new operating system installation and am not exactly sure what to do.

I prefer Wordsearch over Logos, mainly due to all of the Rabbit Trails that Logos take you on when you are trying to even jusr READ from two or three different translations. I guess I'm spoiled. I havve a certain way that I have Bibles, Dictionairies & Concordances set up that I cannot seem to duplicate with Logos. It takes too much time away from actually being able to read or study.

If you know of any links to show how to back up our libraries or steps in what to do, please share them. When I trie to look, I usually end up spending all of my time sorting through so much material that doesn't apply.

Take Care and Thanks in Advance,

Keith Hailey

Keith Hailey said:

I was looking to see if they had a way to get our libraries on disk for the eventual replacement of a system.

I never upgraded to WS12, but WS11 has a backup option

Thanks for the response.

I Use WS10 & 11 (Occasionally 9) which are all fully licensed. I switch between the two according to what I am doing.

The Bible versions are run as groups with the CJB as the group driver. It's similar to a parallel Bible, when you are on a verse in the Driver version, all versions are at the corresponding Passage. Really fast with minimal time lost with finding things and very few "Rabbit Trails" to divert your attention.

In this video on WS10 (Lifeway days) at about 5:16 https://youtu.be/uurh8ojCaiM?t=316

There is an option to install from Library Disk and a number to order the disks. I wonder if Logos is going to honor that or if we are going to have to figure out a way to make one on our own.

I mean, WS 10 take up 57.1 Mb plus 1.4 Mb in the appdata/local folder , WS 11 takes up 56.7 Mb +301 Kb in the app local, the entire library, used by both, takes up 2.4 Gb. Compare that to Logos, weighing in at 8.4 Gb on the hard drive and all the other stuff it does online. Logos on my newest, fasted computer is blown away by WORDsearch on my oldest and slowest computer.

I did know about the back up and restore in the options menu but I think that's for credentials, personal books, documents and such. I wonder if  I could save all of the proper folders on DVD, do an install, then a restore.

Keith Hailey said:

I havve a certain way that I have Bibles, Dictionairies & Concordances set up that I cannot seem to duplicate with Logos.

Like This?

Once the layout is created, you can save it as a named layout.

Named Layout. I'll see what I can do with that. Thanks.

My problem is that, I'm used to everything in WORDSearch being synced together to the resources that I specify. I mean, I can turn on the Strongs Numbers in a Bible, and either over over the number and use a pop up or click on it and it opens it in Strongs right there. Open Commentaries follow along in the chapter and verse that you are at. The Bibles can be grouped with a particular one that is used as the "Driver" and all of the other Bibles in the group follow along. And setting up a bible as the "Target", any links to other passages open in that particular Bible (possibly even in another group with that Bible being the group driver, and the Bibles in that group all follow the driver) without losing your place in the main Bible that you are using.

With Logos, I've had it set up right (Like you have it) but when clicking on something, a single word, a verse or even by accident, rather just using the resources that I have open, Logos opens up all sorts of other stuff that I didn't ask for, some "Fact" something or other, recommended  resources, ads for resources that I don't own and all sorts of other things that messes everything up and takes up too much time.

Thanks for your effort and your response. I haven't given up on Logos, because a lot of it may be "Operator Headspace", not knowing the program that well. It seems like, when I open Logos, I spend to much time trying to figure out how to deal with the program and end up not getting any study, research or actual reading done, and spend Way too much time on rabbit trails that, though very ineresting, had nothing to do with what main objective was when I started.

Take Care and Thanks again.

Cool. There may be hope for me yet.

I'm playing around with a messed up washing machine right now but I'm definately going to look into that later this evening.

Link Sets.

There is so much new & different stuff that it's sort of like being on the "Pink Isle" in the Walmart toy section, Christmas shopping. I can't see the toys for all the colors. Sensory overload!

Thanks again! That's a great help.

If you have an old install, copy C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Wordsearch 12 and C:\ProgramData\WORDsearch\Global Data\LocalLogins.db3

If you don't, try this:

The login info is stored in C:\ProgramData\WORDsearch\Global Data\LocalLogins.db3

The file can be viewed/edited with sqlitebrowser.org

Fill in the user ID with a 5 digit number 12345

Add user@email.com in the email fields

Folder name was my name as firstlast  

Also add the USER ID as ActiveUserID=12345  in C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Wordsearch 12

That worked for me.