where does impluse save archives?

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i'm stuck on dial-up so whenever a big patch comes around i have to take the laptop to the city to get my downloads

so as we all know i cant just save the patch to update my desktop later so i installed sins and impluse on the laptop and headed to town, i was told that i can either copy the whole sins folder or have impluse archive it in order to get the updated version to my desktop

anyway i decided to archive it so that i could just save the whole thing on a disc but i cant figure out where the archive is saved, i took a look around the folders and i did a search on both sins and impluse site/forums but search came up empty (i think the search just sucks)

 

so ya if anyone can point me in the right direction that would be great

 

PS. if were gonna keep using impluse for the love of god fix it, it took me forever just to login the first time running it, kept telling me to check my internet connection then when i finally got it working it took forever just to start downloading the update

 

 

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

never mind i found it, for anyone else that might have the same problem its in a hidden folder, for vista 32 bit its C:\ProgramData\Stardock\Impulse\backup

 

well now that thats out of the way now my problem is what excetly do i do to get the archive to install?

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

well now that thats out of the way now my problem is what excetly do i do to get the archive to install?
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In Impulse, click on the orb in the upper left and then choose "Restore Archive"

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

ah perfect, thanks

i figured impluse would have some sort of manual with most of this info, i looked around and didnt see anything, would really help for those of us who dont really know anything about the program

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting andy578, reply 1
well now that thats out of the way now my problem is what excetly do i do to get the archive to install?
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After you move the archive to your computer, you need to make sure you have impluse installed on your computer and logged in, then click the blue orb and click Restore Archive.  Select the archive you want to restore and Impulse will install the program and you will be ready to go.

The only rub is that you need to make sure that you used "Download and Archive" otherwise impulse will only beable to restore the archive on the computer it was made on.  

Hope that helps.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

good to know, i just clicked archive after the patch installed, didnt have any issues, will be sure to do the above in the future tho, would suck to make the trip to the city only to have to go back and download the whole thing lol