Changing the Location of the Data File for Sierra Hallmark Studio Deluxe
By default, the data file used to store calendar events for
Sierra Hallmark Studio Deluxe 1.0 is located in the directory
c:\program files\Sierra\CardStudio\Data. The file that holds
the event data is
PLANR32.DAT. You will also see
backpage.cc1 and
PLANR32.BAK in the same directory. The location of
the file is stored in the
Windows registry
at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sierra OnLine\Hallmark Card
Studio\Deluxe\1\Paths\DataPath.
c:\>reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sierra OnLine\Hallmark Card Studio\De
luxe\1\Paths" /v DataPath
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sierra OnLine\Hallmark Card Studio\Deluxe\1\Paths
DataPath REG_SZ c:\program files\Sierra\CardStudio\Data
You can change the location by editing the registry with
regedit or by
using the reg
add command. E.g., if you wanted to have Card Studio Deluxe store
events at a shared network location where multiple computers running the
software could use the same data, you could alter the registry to point
to that location. E.g., to point to a shared directory
\\Server\Sierra\CardStudio\Data, you could use the
following:
c:\>reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sierra OnLine\Hallmark Card Studio\Delu
xe\1\Paths" /v DataPath /t REG_SZ /d \\Server\Sierra\CardStudio\Data /f
The operation completed successfully.
References:
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Sierra's Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe Data Location
MoonPoint Support
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Sierra's Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe Data Location
Sierra's Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe 1.0 creates a registry entry to
indicate where it stores event planner calendar entries and
address book entries. The registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sierra OnLine\Hallmark Card
Studio\Deluxe\1\Paths might have the following information
for a default installation.
| Value name: | DataPath |
| Value data: | c:\SIERRA\CardStudio\Data |
On a Windows XP system, you would find the PLANR32.DAT
file it uses at that location. However, on a Windows 7 system,
the data might actually be stored in PLANR32.DAT
in another location specific to the user account from which
the data is accessed, .e.g for a user with an account name
of Liza, the data directory would be
C:\Users\Liza\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\SIERRA\CardStudio\Data,
assuming you selected the default location for installing the software
rather than putting it under C:\Program Files\SIERRA\CardStudio
as I would do. The PLANR32.BAK backup file it creates when you
update the data would be in the same location.
Note: the VirtualStore registry entry is an example of
Registry virtualization. According to Microsoft, "Registry
virtualization is an application compatibility technology that
enables registry write operations that have global impact to be redirected
to per-user locations. This redirection is transparent to applications
reading from or writing to the registry. It is supported starting with
Windows Vista."
But, you can have Card Studio look elsewhere by changing the
regsitry value for DataPath. E.g. you could have the program
on two systems look in a directory at a network location for
the data, so that the two systems would share the same data.
For instance you could put
\\MyServer\Shared\Sierra\CardStudio\Data in that registry
entry to have it look on a system named MyServer with
a directory shared as Shared. Note: you will have to
run regedit from an administrator's account to
be able to update the registry entry.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sierra OnLine\Hallmark Card
Studio\Deluxe\1\Paths
| Value name: | DataPath |
| Value data: | \\MyServer\Shared\Sierra\CardStudio\Data |
References:
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Hallmark Card Studio Software
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Registry Virtualization
Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN)
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