Dorico 6: Importing Custom Keyboard Commands from D5

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Having just installed Dorico 6, I had hoped my custom keyboard commands (and other settings) would be imported over from my existing installation of Dorico 5 on the same machine (Windows 11 laptop_).

I have previously copied the ‘keycommands_en.json’ file between machines (from/to the C:\Users*User*\AppData\Roaming\Steinberg\Dorico # folder) to copy over key commands. However that didn’t seem to work for me this time, and in fact broke all the factory key commands.

I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled Dorico 6 now, I have at least the defaults working, and would appreciate some guidance on how to bring my existing settings across.

I’m aware there’s now an Import/Export User Settings feature in Dorico 6, but as there’s no Export function in Dorico 5, this doesn’t seem much use to me yet!

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Dorico 6 will automatically migrate your existing Dorico 5 settings when it runs for the first time, assuming it finds them.

If you want to force Dorico 6 to have a go at migrating the settings again, delete the Dorico 6 folder in %APPDATA%\Steinberg, and then delete the hidden .migrated folder in the Dorico 5 folder in the same location. (You’ll have to enable the display of hidden files and folders in Windows Explorer to see it.)

When you run Dorico 6 again, it will migrate the Dorico 5 data into the %APPDATA%\Steinberg\Dorico 6 folder at launch.

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Fantastic, thanks so much Daniel - not sure why it didn’t find my settings before, but that’s sorted it now.

This is such a huge reason why I am a Dorico evangelist - you ask a question, you get help from the core team. Thank you!

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I have the same problem on the Mac: my custom key commands from D5 didn’t make it over to Dorico 6. How do I go about importing my custom commands into D6 on the Mac?

Additionally, I’d like to hook up the Stream Deck buttons I set up for Dorico 5 so that I can use them with D6. Are there any issues I need to look out for?

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You should follow the steps I outlined above, except on macOS the path is ~/Library/Application Support/Steinberg/Dorico 5 (and Dorico 6 of course). The .migrated folder is similarly hidden on macOS by default.

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Thanks, Daniel. That did the trick. In case this is useful for someone else: to display the hidden .migrated folder on the Mac, press cmd-shift-. that is, cmd-shift-period.

Thanks again.