Retain Cakewalk Preferences

What have you lost?

Did you try to delete Platinum and reinstall and choose migrate this time?

I chose the "Migrate" option and there were things that didn't migrate: Color Presets; Audio hardware (friendly name) options; and probably some other stuff I haven't discovered yet.
Some Directory options were migrated, and some weren't.
I recommend reviewing your X3 preferences (use screenshots or something) and compare with SONAR 25/2015/New.

I chose migrate and not all modules migrated, and then Sonar would not see my Fire Wire interface. I thought there is some big issue. Appears- the driver settings (ASIO) did not migrate, this is why FW was not on inputs/outputs list.
 
I am thinking there is a way to import settings. Look options.

Bob - you could delete the cake.ini file and then SONAR will ask you to "migrate" the next time you start it up. (I'm pretty sure this will work. Rather than delete the ini file, just rename it - so if it all goes pear shaped, you can name the file back again and you'll be no worse off).

Lynn - your track templates (and everything else from X3) are still there. Just look at file locations in "preferences" and substitute "SONAR X3" for "SONAR Platinum" and you'll find them. then copy them to the Platinum (or whatever version you have) folder. Or else you could just point your new SONAR to the X3 folder - that would work too.

This is still pretty messy, and I'm not sure the Command Center has given us that much to help make it seamless.

Thanks everyone, spent the weekend copying all my settings from X3...so far, nothing but love for Platinum!!

Many of us made upgrade from X3 producer to SONAR Platinum. We had Rapture and Dimension Pro from previous installations.
I have all my Cakewalk software in a different secondary physical hard disk called E:\
I let X3 Producer and installed Platinum accepting the migration of all previous parameters.
After launching Command Center it only scans Cakewalk software in default directories (i.e. C:\program files\cakewalk\...) so the result is a red dot for both software (as they were unistalled).
 
If you unistall them and let Command Center download and reinstall both applications it will not ask you for different directory and will put in c:\... default position.....dimension Pro has over 3,5 GB of data...plus expansion pack....
 
In the Command Center options I found only download and VST directory.
 
I have Platinum, content files and VST under E:\Cakewalk\.... and would be fine to have also Rapture and Dimension Pro in the same location, even for backup purpose.
 
I even tried to make a manual installation of Rapture and Dimension Pro to E:\Cakewalk\... AFTER Platinum installation, but Command Center doesn't find both programs (still red dot) and they are considered unistalled (without proper search for future updates or fixes).
 
There is a way to set a different default path for all Cakewalk applications with Command Center?
 or alternatively
Any suggestion to force Command Center to scan installed software in NON default path locations?
 
Thanks for every tip and trick you will suggest...

I did the Shift thing suggested above, but have no idea what it did.
 
Two things I want to get back are:
1.  my X3 normal template for new projects so hopefully they will be 24bit 48khz and the tracks laid out convenient starting point
2.  my audio FX plugin organization
 
What should I do?  Just go copy those X3 files and put them in the Platinum folder?

Everything migrated correctly when I upgraded from X3 Producer to Platinum.  I have my Projects in a different location and I had to change that in the Preferences, but that isn't Cakewalk's fault that I have it in a location other than the default.