# Connections Lost

**URL:** <https://forums.toadworld.com/t/connections-lost/9403>\
**Category:** Toad for Oracle & DevOps Toolkit\
**Created:** [April 8, 2010, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/connections-lost/9403 "2010-04-08T12:17:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![suzannea\_781](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@suzannea\_781](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/suzannea_781)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/connections-lost/9403/1 "2010-04-08T12:17:37Z")

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I have a user who has received a new system, thus a new install of Toad (same license as system decommissioned). Is there a file that I can get off of the old system which will contain all of the Oracle Database Login information that they had on the old system?

Thanks,  
Suzanne.

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**Author:** ![jbowman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/jbowman/32/22_2.png) [@jbowman](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/jbowman)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/connections-lost/9403/2 "2010-04-08T13:05:13Z")

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Hey Suzanne,

If you’re using Toad 10, one way you can do it is by copying the 9.7 files  
from the old system onto a thumb drive. If the old system has Toad 9.7, this  
folder should be located in:

C:\Documents and Settings\Application Data\Quest Software\Toad for  
Oracle\9.7

If you were using Toad 9.6, most likely the location will be:

C:\Program Files\Quest Software\Toad for Oracle 9.6

When you start Toad for the first time on the new system, it will ask you to  
copy your settings from a previous version. Since you don’t have a  
previous version installed on the new system, there will be nothing in the  
drop-down box; however, you can select this folder using the ellipses button  
next to the drop-down. This will automatically copy your settings, including  
your connections and connection passwords (if you save them).

If you’re using Toad 9.7 or below, you can simply copy the CONNECTIONS.INI  
file from the User Files folder on the old system. This will contain the  
previous database connections that system had. (You can do this with Toad 10 as  
well, but using the migration wizard will copy over all your old settings  
– not just the connections from the old system).

-John

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**Author:** ![JohnDorlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/johndorlon/32/9997_2.png) [@JohnDorlon](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/JohnDorlon)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/connections-lost/9403/3 "2010-04-09T08:12:35Z")

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You can copy over connections.ini from the user files folder. That will get the  
user and database names, but passwords are not transferrable from one system to  
another.

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**Author:** ![Bert\_Scalzo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/bert_scalzo/32/274_2.png) [@Bert\_Scalzo](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Bert_Scalzo)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/connections-lost/9403/4 "2010-04-09T08:17:50Z")

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Actually depending on the toad version – the passwords MAY be  
transferable. We used to tie the password encryption to the hardware – but  
that was changed to the login account so that people could do this type of copy.  
So answer really depends on toad version ….

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**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/connections-lost/9403/5 "2010-04-12T13:15:12Z")

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I have a user who has received a new system, thus a new install of Toad (same  
license as system decommissioned) . Is there a file that I can get off of the  
old system which will contain all of the Oracle Database Login information that  
they had on the old system?

Thanks,  
Suzanne.

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**Author:** ![JohnDorlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/johndorlon/32/9997_2.png) [@JohnDorlon](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/JohnDorlon)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/connections-lost/9403/6 "2010-04-12T20:27:25Z")

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Yes it does. Look in options -\> General -\> Application Data Directory to see  
what folder it is in.