Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Administrator Guide - Nuance

Backing up and restoring a User
Profile
Chapter 9: Maintaining a Dragon installation
If Dragon is unable to open your User Profile, click Launch Restore to open a backup copy of
the profile.See the Dragon Help for details.
Dragon automatically creates a full User Profile backup
n after you first create your profile
n if you add a new vocabulary to your profile
n every 5th time* your profile is saved
* Backup frequency is configurable in the Options dialog box Data tab.
Dragon displays the "Dragon couldn't restore backup" message if any of the component files in a
backed up User Profile are damaged or inaccessible. Data corruption can occasionally occur when
Dragon loads or manipulates files, and files can be temporarily inaccessible when they are in use
by another process, such as during a save operation over a network or analysis by anti-virus software.
Users can backup and restore a User Profile. The Profile Restore wizard allows end-users to
choose restore a profile from a checkpoint or a backup copy.
Dragon displays the Profile Restore wizard when it cannot load a User Profile. End-users can also
launch the Profile Restore wizard through the Manage User Profiles dialog box. .
Dragon places corrupt profiles in to the 'BadUsers' directory located beside the 'Users' directory.
To back up a User Profile:
1. On the DragonBar, select Profile > Manage User Profiles.
2. The Manage User Profiles dialog box opens.
3. Select a User Profile in the list.
4. Click the Advanced button and select Backup.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for every profile you want to back up.
6. Click Close to close the Manage User Profiles dialog box.
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n Select Profile > Backup User Profile.
To restore a User Profile:
1. Click Launch Restore. Dragon opens the Choose a Backup to Restore window.
2. Choose the backup User Profile you want to restore from. When you backup profile opens, you
can resume dictating as usual.
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