Method, system, and program for maintaining application program configuration settings
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1. A method for maintaining configuration settings for applications on a computer system, comprising:
- maintaining configuration backup information indicating configuration settings to backup for at least one application;
processing the configuration backup information to access the indicated configuration settings for the at least one application on the computer system to backup;
storing the accessed configuration settings for the at least one application in at least one file; and
recovering the stored configuration settings for use with the at least one application.
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Abstract
Provided are a method, system, and program for maintaining configuration settings for applications on a computer system. Configuration backup information indicates configuration settings to backup for at least one of application. The configuration backup information is processed to access the indicated configuration settings for the at least one application on the computer system to backup and the accessed configuration settings for at least one application are stored in at least one file. The stored configuration settings are recovered for use with at least one application.
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1. A method for maintaining configuration settings for applications on a computer system, comprising:
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maintaining configuration backup information indicating configuration settings to backup for at least one application;
processing the configuration backup information to access the indicated configuration settings for the at least one application on the computer system to backup;
storing the accessed configuration settings for the at least one application in at least one file; and
recovering the stored configuration settings for use with the at least one application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for maintaining configuration settings, comprising:
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a computer system;
an application installed on the computer system;
means for maintaining configuration backup information indicating configuration settings to backup for at least one application;
means for processing the configuration backup information to access the indicated configuration settings for the at least one application on the computer system to backup;
means for storing the accessed configuration settings for the at least one application in at least one file; and
means for recovering the stored configuration settings for use with the at least one application. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An article of manufacture for maintaining configuration settings for applications on a computer system, wherein the article of manufacture causes operations to be performed, the operations comprising:
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maintaining configuration backup information indicating configuration settings to backup for at least one application;
processing the configuration backup information to access the indicated configuration settings for the at least one application on the computer system to backup;
storing the accessed configuration settings for the at least one application in at least one file; and
recovering the stored configuration settings for use with the at least one application. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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