I just upgraded from 2.6.5 to 2.6.6 and I lost all of my settings. This is the monitored locations and tasks. Is there a way to recover these. Both were from the Premium service. I stopped the conversions, stopped the service, and ran the installer. Now it is as if it is a brand new installation wit…

The Forum_Helper_bot gave me a clue. I went to C:\Program Files\MCEBuddy2x\config and found a profile.conf.old and mcebuddy.conf.old. I stopped the process, stopped the service, and made a backup copy of the old and new. I then removed the new .conf files, removed the .old from the backups, restarte…

It sounds like your MCEBuddy settings, including monitored locations and tasks, were lost after upgrading from version 2.6.5 to 2.6.6. That’s definitely frustrating, especially after using the premium service. Let’s see if we can find a way to recover them. Usually, MCEBuddy stores its settings in …

Same happen to me I lost my customized HEVC MKV NVIDIA profile. Shows in the mcebuddy log but not in the profile.config.

Sill not working, I have completely uninstalled MCEBuddy. Did a total uninstall via Windows. Did a system search and can’t find any reference to MCEBuddy…Would like to start over but have no idea where to start that process. I am not much of a system type guy…I have the zip of both my last version a…

I understand that you’re having trouble with your profiles after upgrading, and now you’ve completely uninstalled MCEBuddy and are looking for a fresh start. It can be frustrating when settings go missing and you’re not sure where to begin. Since you’ve already uninstalled MCEBuddy, the best course…

Win 11, when opening MCEBUddy first error msg is from Norton ..checking MCEBuddy.Gui as a suspicious file, after it clears goes to the MCEbuddy title screen. will not connect to the service so I can’t see the settings files for MCEBuddy. I have tied with myprivious version and the current one.

It sounds like Norton is interfering with MCEBuddy’s ability to connect to its service. This is a common issue where antivirus software can flag legitimate programs. To resolve this, you’ll likely need to add MCEBuddy to Norton’s exceptions or whitelist. This tells Norton to trust MCEBuddy and not …

Everything back on track now. Did a complete system clean for anything related to MCEBuddy. Somewhere the appeared to be a croupt file that caused the proble. Rebooted, did a clean install of the current version. Now working. Thanks to all that provide input and comments they all helped.

Just for future reference MCEBuddy always backs up the config files in 2 places. More details here [image] Upgrading from Older Versions of MCEBuddy Getting Started, Guides and FAQs NOTES ON UPGRADING (UNINSTALLING/REINSTALLING) FROM OLDER VERSIONS <a name="p-80-if-you-are-upgrading-from-any-trial-version-or-release-version-older-than-262-uninstall-the-existing-version-before-installing-this-version-otherwise-it-may-lead-to-failed-conversions-2" class="anchor" href="#p-80-if-you-are-upgrading-from-any-trial-version-or-release-version-older-than-262-uninstall-the-existing-version-before-installing-this-version-otherwise-it-may-lead-to-failed-conversions-2"> If you ar…

just for the record… I also lost my config in the latest upgrade. I think it may be common. in C:\Program Files\MCEBuddy2x\config I renamed the *.conf files to *.conf.new and the *.conf.old to *.conf I also added C:\Program Files\MCEBuddy2x\config to my nightly backups (duplicati if you’re in…

Yep, same here. shutdown service, recovered files, start service backup..

Profiles missing after upgrade

General Support / Questions Profiles

Goose (Goose) July 18, 2025, 3:52am 10

Just for future reference MCEBuddy always backs up the config files in 2 places. More details here

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