Backing Up

Avant Browser Help - Backing Up

Backing up your settings is an absolute must as things in the computer world, very rarely stay nice and rosey for very long.

Though this can be done manually, the best way to backup your Avant Browser settings is to use a utility that was designed specifically for this task.

AB Edit is a small utility that currently includes the following features;

Backup/Restore Avant Browser settings
Backup/Restore Avant Browser skins
Backup/Restore favorites
Backup/Restore registry
Edit AD Blocker black/white lists (add/edit/remove)
Edit Popup Blocker black/white lists (add/edit/remove)
Edit Homepages (add/edit/remove)
Edit Quick Search URL's (add/edit/remove)
Edit URL Alias list (add/edit/remove)
Enable/Disable sURL context menu item (http://surl.co.uk)
Recovery Console
Should you choose to backup your file's manually, you may of course do so. The following are the standard locations for Avant Browser;

Windows 9x/ME

Settings*: [Drive]:\Windows\Application Data\Avant Browser
Skins: [Drive]:\Program Files\Avant Browser\Skins
Favorites: [Drive]:\Windows\Favorites

Windows NT/2000/XP/Server 2003

Settings*: [Drive]:\Documents and Settings\<Your_Username>\Application Data\Avant Browser
Skins: [Drive]:\Program Files\Avant Browser\Skins
Favorites: [Drive]:\Documents and Settings\<Your_Username>\Favorites

Note: [Drive] is the letter of the drive that Windows is installed on, the standard being C

* This folder also contains your URL Alias and Quick Search list's, Groups, Homepages, AD/Pop-up Blocker lists and thus, it is usually a good idea to backup the whole folder, rather than just the main settings file.