Transferring Bisq from an older computer/OS to a new computer

I recently switched from a Windows 7 machine to a newer Windows 10 machine. Upon installing a new Bisq on the W10 machine, I found that I had lost my transaction records and my ‘signed’ status (of course). So I un-installed the new Bisq from W10. I then did the following:

I just moved Bisq from my Windows 7 machine to a new Windows 10 machine.
(Note: Messing with the registry can be dangerous, so best backup your complete machine before preceding. As long as you are only dealing with the Bisq folders, you shouldn’t have problems.)

  1. Copied/transfered the Bisq installation folder from W7 to same location in W10 via a USB drive.
  2. Copied/transfered a copy of the ‘C:\Users\your user name\AppData\Roaming\Bisq’ folder from W7 to same location on W10 via a USB drive. (There was another Bisq folder in C:\Users*your user name*\AppData\Local\Microsoft… folder, but I didn’t copy it because it pertains to Microsoft.)
  3. I searched through the W7 machine registry with regedit.exe for the word ‘Bisq’ and using the ‘File/Export…’ menu item, highlighted the Bisq key folders in the left pane, and exported every Bisq key (3 in all) into a USB drive, copied them to the W10 machine, and double clicked on each of them that automatically installs them into the W10 registry. Only one refused to install.
  4. I started Bisq in my W10 machine and everything runs OK just as it was on my W7 machine. Nothing was lost.

I’d rather have installed Bisq from scratch at ̶l̶i̶n̶u̶x̶ Win 10. Copying and pasting Bisq user data folder at C:\Usersyour user name\AppData\Roaming\Bisq is a good way to move user data from one computer to another.

https://bisq.wiki/Restoring_application_data
https://bisq.wiki/Data_directory#Default_Locations

Yes, that would be better. Still might need the registry transfers also.