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[Tom Rogers]

I have upgraded to 2018 and since I have noticed that many of my symbols, notes and templates have disappeared from 2016.  This has not anything to do with creating a new project in 2016 but my existing.  Is there a way that I can get to my old 2016 files or did the upgrade just move everything to 2018?  Ugh.  

[Yvon Gonthier]

It shouldn't have moved but copied your files. Do you have any system backup from 2016 that you could do a restore?

[Tom Rogers]

Not a real current one.  Unfortunately I only do an archive every 6 months or so.  I can go in and copy the files (openings and symbols) from 2018 back to the 2016 file; actually that may be where the problem arose, when I installed 2016 it created it as "Softplan" and not "Softplan 2016" like all previous versions had.  I wonder if that is where it got messed up. My biggest problem was all my plan set templates disappeared.  I had to go to old projects and re-save/create them.  Not where I wanted to spend my time for a simple redline set :-) 

[Keith Almond]

My 2016 installation also created a SOFTPLAN directory ... 2018 created a SOFTPLAN-1 directory., and copied ALL my settings etc. over. I haven't noticed anything missing.

[Tom Rogers]

Thanks Keith.  Found it.  Mine created a similar though instead of a "1" it had the date of the install.  Re-pathed everything and looks like I am back on track