Every time I upgrade Cubase I lose all my templates, favorites, etc as they don’t have a routine within their install to port them over to the new version. Can anyone tell me how I can find them and move them into the new upgrade. I am no longer working as a professional and retired, but I need to believe that I am not the only one that purchase a new computer for a new install and has this issue of saving their work over the years. Steinberg has offered no help and in fact has discouraged me from even doing so. Thank you in advance for any assistance. Best regards,
Steinberg have a knowledge base article about the location of the different preference files on their site:
Also, @Reco29 wrote a nice howto here on this forum, but I don’t find it atm…
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Hi,
this won’t cover every last aspect of a backup/transfer to a new system. However, these are the things you can do with minimal effort while covering probably most of your settings:
Profiles are most effective, this will already be sufficient for many users. Very nice feature! Include the other two files that are mentioned in this tutorial and you have a very solid basis:
Saving Profiles & Co
Next, I would suggest to save the Preferences folder. “xy” is a placeholder for your Cubase version
C:\Users\Name\AppData\Roaming\Steinberg\Cubase xy_64
This one contains presets, templates, etc and it should be the first one on your save-list.
Apart from that there are numerous folders that contain additional presets, settings etc. Here’s a non-comprehensive list to pick from - depending on the things you want to save. The items behind each location are just examples:
C:\Users\Name\Documents\Steinberg
MIDI Remote
Strip Presets
FX Chain Presets
Drum Maps
Logical Editor
Project Logical Editor
C:\Users\Name\Documents\VST3-Presets
VST3-Presets (Steinberg plus 3rd party presets)
C:\Users\Name\Documents\VST XMLs
Generic Remote Editor
C:\Users\Name\AppData\Local\Steinberg\Steinberg Media Bay Server
Mediabay
C:\Users\Name\AppData\Roaming\Steinberg\Application Files\Cubase xy_64\Profiles
Surprise - Profiles in case you forgot to save them earlier before 
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Steinberg
Mediabay
C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3
The actual VST3s which all reside in this folder
Hope that helps!
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Thank you all. Some of this I knew, but other areas to look are very helpful. My personal opinion is Steinberg should have a routine to port all this over when you upgrade. It is the only software I use that doesn’t keep your settings. Thank again to all!
Are you on Windows or Mac?
I‘m on PC and as long as I can remember every update copied the settings from the previous version.
Very good point, @Larsaf , up two 2 or three versions according to tests @Martin.Jirsak once performed (can’t find the post right now).
Since the OP mentioned purchasing a new systen I’m afraid this won’t work unless it’s an internal update as you said.