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ginahoy

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From: SE Arizona

Registered: 2026-01-12

Posts: 8

how to transfer settings to a new install (LM22 Xfce)

I recently installed Linux Mint 22.2 on my a Win10 laptop. Grub doesn't see Win10. That, and for other reasons, I need to reinstall Mint. Before I realized this, I spent a fair amount of time adjusting the settings (mostly Appearance, Panel and Xfwm4 settings) to match the Mint XFCE environment on my desktop.

Is it possible to copy the files that store these settings and then paste them into the new install prior to exiting the Mint 22 Live installation session? If so, does the path home/user/.config/xfce4/ path cover all the above-referenced settings?

Last edited by ginahoy (2026-05-13 19:13:03)

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alcornoqui

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Registered: 2014-07-28

Posts: 836

Re: how to transfer settings to a new install (LM22 Xfce)

Mostly yes, though Thunar has its own .config subfolder.

Tha canonical link in this forum for this question used to be this: https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?pid=34527#p34527

Not much has changed. Also, see this post: https://unix.stackexchange.com/question … s-machines and this handy script: https://github.com/FirstIntegral/Xfce_configs_backup

Good luck!