Moved from XP to Win7 how do i get sab to work.

[nzb_leecher]

I discovering Win7 now after installing it today, looks ok.
Sab didnt start had no servers etc. Is there a quick way to get it working or do i have to install it again? I have a dual boot now so i dont want to install everything double.

[switch]

The cache and settings for SABnzbd will be stored in different locations.
You can either copy them from the xp location

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C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Local Settings\Application Data\sabnzbd

(replace C:\ and USER with the appropriate drive and username)
to the windows 7 location

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C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\sabnzbd

(replace C:\ and USER with the appropriate drive and username)
or use a portable installation by placing sabnzbd in a non-program files folder (such as C:\SABnzbd\) and copying the settings and cache into that folder.

If you set explicit paths for things such as download locations, backup folder, or nzb backup, be sure to verify they still exist and the drive names havent changed before starting the new copy.

[nzb_leecher]

Hi,

What i did now placing my ini file in the sab dir again that way its easy to find and edit if i have to change between xp eand w7.

However i do have some hardcoded paths like K:/Sabnzbd/Incomplete, K:/Sabnzbd/nzb_backups. How can i make them relative? Will Sabnzbd/Incomplete or Incomplete be enough for Sab to understand?

[shypike]

How can i make them relative?

They are relative to the location of the INI file.

[nzb_leecher]

Hm just booted w7, the easy way didn't work 

Have to dig a little deeper

[nzb_leecher]

Finally found the problem.

i called the webpage with http://127.0.0.1:8080/sabnzbd/ works in xp but not w7

changed it to http://localhost:8080/sabnzbd/ and now it works. Dont whats the difference but w7 or sab doesnt like that 

[switch]

In XP localhost = 127.0.0.1 (An ipv4 address)
In Vista/Win7 localhost = [::1]  (ipv6 address)

Not really a fault of either sabnzbd or win7, just differences between modern operating systems.

[sander]

In XP localhost = 127.0.0.1 (An ipv4 address)
In Vista/Win7 localhost = [::1]  (ipv6 address)

Not really a fault of either sabnzbd or win7, just differences between modern operating systems.

I would say that this 'mystery' is an extra argument for my feature suggestion on http://forums.sabnzbd.org/index.php?topic=1579 : based on the OS, SABnzbd would present http://127.0.0.1:8080/sabnzbd resp. http://[::1]:8080/sabnzbd as the local URL, and auto-start the webbrowser with that URL ...

[switch]

Well this would not help in this scenario, as he would still be trying to access 127.0.0.1. Also I think displaying 'localhost' is more user friendly than [::1]

[sander]

Well this would not help in this scenario, as he would still be trying to access 127.0.0.1. Also I think displaying 'localhost' is more user friendly than [::1]

"localhost" is indeed more user friendly, and on re-reading the thread I see "localhost" works for the OP. Good.

I was confusing it with the Mac case where even "localhost" did not work (http://forums.sabnzbd.org/index.php?topic=1594) and only [::1] worked. But, that could be caused by something else.