6.82 Lost server and groups

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6.82 Lost server and groups

Postby Heronjr » Tue Aug 31, 2021 11:03 am

Hello,
I have been using Newsbin for years and this is the first time such thing happened: I did not change any settings nor installed anything in my desktop during the last weeks, and today, out of the blue, when opening Newsbin, it first sent me a message in a window saying "No server - Newsbin needs a server...". Then, in the main interface, although showing my layout, I saw that my groups were all gone, so I had to reconfigure my server and search my groups, which is kind of a hard job, as I really can't remember the exact group names.

Any ideas?
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Re: 6.82 Lost server and groups

Postby Quade » Tue Aug 31, 2021 11:05 am

In the options menu you can pick "Load backup Configuration on Restart" and see if you can load an older copy of the configuration. This should work as long as you haven't started Newsbin too many times since whatever broke broke.

The configuration is typically stored in the data folder in a file called "Newsbin.nbi". It sounds like something took out that file.
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Re: 6.82 Lost server and groups

Postby Heronjr » Tue Aug 31, 2021 12:21 pm

Thanks. It worked. Now I know and will backup this file.

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Re: 6.82 Lost server and groups

Postby drake00 » Thu Dec 16, 2021 9:19 pm

Same thing happened to me today, running 6.90RC3. I followed Wade's advice and everyhting is perfect now, nevertheless - why did it happen. No changes to my system in last year.
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Re: 6.82 Lost server and groups

Postby Quade » Sat Dec 18, 2021 4:40 am

Either something killed the NBI file or something killed the pointer to the NBI file stored in the registry. If your PC ever crashes, I could see data loss.
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Re: 6.82 Lost server and groups

Postby zork » Fri Mar 11, 2022 8:03 am

I just upgraded from 6.82 to 6.90 and after upgrade same thing happened. Thought that all my settings were lost but found this topic and got my settings back. Its really handy feature.
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