JPR, The only things which are changed through the Sibelius Software folder are the plug-ins and the keystrokes in Sibelius itself. You definitely need to do this. If you've added your own keystrokes then I'm afraid that you'll have to add them yourself, but I don't suppose that you've added many. The "preferences" that you mentioned will most likely refer to options that you set in the preferences dialog, and these are mostly stored in registry keys. The only keys which are changed relate to tool windows and the smoothing level of the score. These are options which you should definitely accept because they make life much easier. Hope this helps, Dan Rugman visit the new on-line resource for visually impaired musicians and home of Sibelius Access. www.musicaccess.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jean Philippe Sent: 27 March 2009 19:53 To: sibaccess Subject: [sib-access] preserving preferences Dear all, before installing this new version, there is something I really must know. If I copy the Sibelius software folder as it is, it will destroy everything I modified or created in Sibelius preferences before installing this new version. By looking at this folder, I could see that it contained only two items. I suppose it's okay to copy these two items in my already existing Sibelius software folder and thus preserving my preferences. But before I do this I would like to be really sure it won't brake anything. Cheers, JPR http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx