Changing PCs

Question

Hello, 
 I am changing to a new laptop. How do we transfer the app and the old projects. 
 Are we allowed to have two installations? Things like that compose my question. 
 Regards,

Ana-Loredana Gabur · Answer

Aziz Serhat Kural We will be pleased to help you with this problem so have logged a support case on your behalf. We do prioritise customers who have a support contract so please keep in mind it could take up to 48 hours, especially over a weekend, but rest assured we will contact you as soon as we can. You will be contacted at the email address used for this Community. Support Case Id : 00816374 .

Paul · Answer

Aziz Serhat Kural 
 Aziz Serhat Kural said: How do we transfer the app and the old projects. 
 This wiki should explain how you manage the transfer of the licence: 04.8 How to transfer my existing license to a new computer? 
 To move projects... essentially the easiest way is to make sure that you have the same folder structure and paths on your new computer as you do on your old, and then you can simply copy the projects from the default project folder to the new machine. The projects.xml may also work if the paths are all the same on both computers. 
 If the paths are different it's still no problem, you just copy all your projects into the folder you intend to keep them and open the sdlproj for each one to add them back into your Studio list and fix any incorrect references to TMs and other resources by selecting them from the new location. So a bit of a manual process but you shouldn't need to do them all... just open them when you need them. 
 Aziz Serhat Kural said: Are we allowed to have two installations? 
 You can have as many installations as you wish. But depending on your licence you can probably have one licenced and working at a time.

Ana-Loredana Gabur · Answer

Hi Aziz Serhat Kural 
 If you currently hold a Trados Studio freelance version then you can activate only on a single PC . If you need the software to be installed and licensed on 2 PCs at the same time then I would recommend upgrading to a freelance plus version which would allow you to install and activate the software at the same time on 2 separate PCs . 
 
 When transferring trados studio from one PC to another please make sure to follow the steps from the following link 
 04.8 How to transfer my existing license to a new computer? or https://gateway.sdl.com/apex/communityknowledge?articleName=000013286 
 When it comes down to projects transfer, it depends on the type of projects you work with, if you work mainly with cloud projects those should appear on the new installation , if you work mainly with local projects then you would need to copy them separately and move them into the new PC via a memory device and then you can open them in Trados . 
 Best regards , 
 Loredana

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