I backup entire Windows 8.1 partition to an external hard drive and re-installed Windows.
I tried to recover my Acrobat XI common tool settings from backup instead of customizing them again.
Prepare:
I don’t know where Acrobat stores these settings. By google, in windows 8.1, Acrobat puts files in this location:
C:UsersUser_NameAppDataRoamingAdobeAcrobat11.0Preferences
However I didn’t find any useful files related with Common Tools settings. I guess that the settings are in Windows Registry.
Extract offline registry from my backup external hard drive
1. The Tool I am using: RegFileExport v1.06
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/registry_file_offline_export.html
2.Windows put registry file here since Vista:
Current User Settings:
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Users%username%NTUSER.DAT |
Computer Settings:
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WindowsSystem32Config |
3. Extract: In windows command line (cmd):
RegFileExport “J:UsersMyNameNTUSER.DAT” “E:OldReg.txt”
4. Export my current Acrobat registry at “[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareAdobeAdobe Acrobat11.0” to temp.reg
5. Comparing content in OldReg.txt and temp.reg using Notepad++ and compare plugin, I found that Acrobat puts settings related to Common Tools at
“[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareAdobeAdobe Acrobat11.0AVGeneralcFavoritesCommandsDesktop]”
6.Extract these settings from my old registry and import in the current registry. Success!
7. Here is my example settings – AdobeCommon.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareAdobeAdobe Acrobat11.0AVGeneralcFavoritesCommandsDesktop]
"a0"="Text"
"a1"="Highlight"
"a2"="RotatePages"
"a3"="TouchUpEditPDFTool"
"a4"="FreeTextTypewriter"
"a5"="Ink"
"a6"="EraseInk"