Question over Spotlight history files (4259893)

Question over Spotlight history files

In moving from one desktop to another I have not been able to see history details that I saw within Spotlight on my old desktop.

Essentially, all the history is stored in something similar to: C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name></user_name>\Application Data\Quest Software\Spotlight\1C719B7DAAF7334\History The key to this location is the big number in the middle. It will be different for each console thats installed, and changes dynamically, depending on the date and time that particular console was installed. If theres only one console, then theres only one big number and its a simple matter of copying all the contents of the old history folder to the new history folder. The new folder will have a different number in its path, but once again, if theres only one console installed, its easy to find. If theres more than one console installed on either the old or new machines, the way to find out the specific number for that particular console is to go to View > Options > History, and click the Options... button on the middle right. The path given in the middle will have the relevant number in it. It would also be a very good idea to copy over the old connection profiles as well. Theyre found in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Quest Software\Shared\Profiles, and can be copied straight across. Of course, backing up any folders before copying files is a good thing to do.