Please Help Me Restore My Old x52 profiles

[deadsmell]

K guys, I installed win7 a while back, and Im just now getting around to reinstalling my favorite games, and apps etc.

 

 

Prior to switching to the new OS, I saved what I thought were my x52 profiles.

 

I saved both .dat, and .pro files for all my games.

 

I have the new sst software and drivers.

 

Problem is, I dont really know what im supposed to do with these files now.

 

Ive tried placing them under C:/program files/saitek/software....

 

That doesnt work.

 

Ive tried the ol drag and drop into the profiler........

 

That doesnt work.

 

Please help me out. I spent so much time with these profiles, I really really really dont want to have to go back and start from scratch with these things.

 

 

I just want to play.:helpsmilie:

 

 

Where am I supposed to put those .dat, and .pro files at to make them be recognized by the profiler?

Edited March 27, 2010 by deadsmell

[topdog]

On Vista, my SST software expects the .pr0 files to be found at this location:-

 

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Saitek SD6 Profiles

 

Hopefully you don't have some oddity with older vs. newer SST versions where the file format changed or something.

 

Despite me having seen elsewhere that the .pr0 files are a kind of temporary file and the .dat is the 'real deal', it seems my version is only working with the .pr0 files.

 

So... bit of a long shot, but if the location doesn't help, you could try changing your *.pr0 files to *.pr0.bak, rename your *.dat files to *.pr0, and then see if it likes the content of those files whilst using that different extension (this depends on how the SST profile editor was written, it may not help at all unless it makes assumptions of the file format based on its extension, but I thought worth a try?).

 

If it doesn't work, revert the filenames back in both cases and I'd suggest knocking on Saitek's forum's doors here: http://www.saitekforum.com/index.php

 

Unfortunately it seems to take them a while to activate your forum registration with them, and you have to contact/email them to do so.

[topdog]

If you want to zip up your files and attach them, I can do a quick compare with one of mine. Seems my .pr0 files are just 'plain text' and so should look a little something like this:-

 

[profile=DCS-BlackShark version=0x00000003
 [controllers
   [controller=1f732691-3bc6-41ec-a977-c5bf0b03a3dc group='Flight Control System'
     [member=75bb6cc8-fb40-4be1-bf2b-4b10397a98a8 name=X52Pro shortname=X52Pro]
     [controls
       [button=0x00090001 name=Trigger]
       [button=0x0009000F name='Second Trigger']
       [button=0x00090002 name=Launch]
       [button=0x00090003 name='Fire A']
       [button=0x00090004 name='Fire B']
       [button=0x00090005 name='Fire C']
       [button=0x00090006 name=Pinkie]
       [button=0x00090007 name='Fire D']
       [button=0x00090008 name='Fire E']
       [button=0x00090009 name='Toggle 1']
       [button=0x0009000A name='Toggle 2']
       [button=0x0009000B name='Toggle 3']
       [button=0x0009000C name='Toggle 4']
       [button=0x0009000D name='Toggle 5']
       [button=0x0009000E name='Toggle 6']
       [button=0x00090010 name='Mouse Fire']
       [button=0x00090013 name='Wheel Button']
       [button=0x00090011 name='Wheel Scroll Up']
       [button=0x00090012 name='Wheel Scroll Down']
       [button=0x0009001F name='Clutch Button']
       [slider name=Mode
         [button=0x0009001C name='Mode 1' latchable=false]
         [button=0x0009001D name='Mode 2' latchable=false]
         [button=0x0009001E name='Mode 3' latchable=false]]
       [hat=0x00010039 name='POV 1']
       [hat=0x00090014 name='POV 2']
       [hat=0x00090018 name='Throttle Hat']
       [axis=0x00010030 name='X Axis']
       [axis=0x00010031 name='Y Axis']
       [axis=0x00010032 name=Throttle]
       [axis=0x00010035 name=Twist]
       [axis=0x00010034 name='Rotary 1']
       [axis=0x00010033 name='Rotary 2']
       [axis=0x00010036 name='Precision Slide']
       [axis=0x00050024 name='Mouse X Axis']
       [axis=0x00050026 name='Mouse Y Axis']]
     [shifts
       [shift=cd957a00-26bf-4577-89ff-676166fe3b28 name='Weapons Active'
         [selectionset
           [buttoncombo
             [buttonhid=0x0009001C]]]
...

[deadsmell]

Thanks for the quick response, let me try what you suggested in your first post and see if that does anything.

 

I noticed when dragged and dropped, it automatically put the files where you said yours are, so the drag and drop SHOULD have worked........

 

Let me try changing the extension as you suggested.

 

Ya know what im wondering now though, is do these files need to be zipped when uploaded?

 

Cuz all I did when I backed them up was emailed them to myself as an attachment, lol. Kind of a cheap lazy way to back em up, but I thought it was pretty smart at the time. I didnt zip them or anything.

 

 

Edit: With my luck I probably fall into that oddity category your talking about between older and newer versions. What a joke. lol.

 

Because earlier I found the original disc that came with the stick. and when I tried to add the profiles to that, they did show up in the profiler. Only problem was that version of the tools, Kept crashing, which i assume was due to me being on win7 now.

 

Jeez louise, why on earth wouldnt they make the new tools backwards compatible with peoples old profiles.

 

Thanks again for the suggestions, Ill post back and let ya know if it works.

 

Im fearing the worst at this point.

 

Ill upload those profiles just give me a minute here.

Edited March 27, 2010 by deadsmell

[deadsmell]

Ya know what man, lol forget it. With the time and effort im making trying to make heads or tails out of this, Id be flying.........

 

I just opened it with notepad, and now it has no extension at all lol, somethin screwy goin on around here.

 

Watch ill have to reformat just to get a working profile...........lol

 

thank you very much though.

 

Hey there is one more thing. Is there a way to disassociate a file type with a particular program once its been associated with it?

 

 

+1 for your rep!

[topdog]

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thank you very much though.

 

Hey there is one more thing. Is there a way to disassociate a file type with a particular program once its been associated with it?

 

You're welcome.

 

1. Start > Programs > Accessories > (Right-click "Run As Administrator") Command Prompt

 

2. Check what the extension is associated with in case you want to put it back later (replace .txt with the extension you're interested in, I'll use .txt as an example):-

C:\> assoc .txt
.txt=txtfile

C:\>

 

3. Remove the association by using the = sign with nothing after it:-

C:\> assoc .txt=

C:\>

 

4. Putting it back again later if desired:-

C:\> assoc .txt=txtfile
.txt=txtfile

C:\>

[deadsmell]

^^ Appreciate it. :)