I was kind of amazed and pleased to see that not only did my addons work. Vii) So by now, for every folder/file that had an equivalent BACKED UP VERSION, I had replaced them with those backed up versionsĦ. (Note this didn't include Userdata, which had already been copied!) Vi) I replaced the existing ones with the backed up ones, by deleting the existing ones and then copying over the backed-up equivalents V) Using the FILE MANAGER I went to the the STORAGE folder, which contained the following top folders: This STORAGE folder was equivalent to the backup. Iv) I ADDED the source of the 'Home' folder, which revealed the STORAGE folder which was hidden before that. Iii) In Kodi, I went into SETTINGS and made sure that 'see hidden folders' was 'yes' I) (In Windows as above) I copied ALL THE REMAINING backed-up folders/files to a new folder I made in my PROFILE folder (I chose that just cos I knew it was accessible WITHIN Kodi) (Note that one or two files would not copy, but this did not seem to be a problem: namely the runtime file in storage\.config\pulse)ī) For the folders that I couldn't see in those shared folders, I did this: I copied all the folders and files in that folder to the fresh installation, replacing the existing ones, by:Ī) In Windows, navigating via the network to the shared Kodi folders (most memorably the USERDATA folder but there may have been others)Īnd replacing any/all folders/files in the Kodi installation with any that were equivalent to my backup ones I unzipped the backup file I'd made a month ago (the one that didn't do much using the standard restore)ģ. I reinstalled the basic Kodi system (9.1.002 in my case)Ģ. I tried to use the LibreElec (? I think) backup restore and it restored very little: no library, and apparently no addons (though this MAY have been because I didbn't do point 5 below!)ġ. (accidentally) resetting it such that it destroyed all my customisations and library This is how I restored my Kodi/LibreElec after: Im putting this here in case someone else goes through what I did.
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