### Copying Callsign Certificates and Station Locations from One Computer to Another

If you have TQSL running on one computer (the source) and wish to set it up on a second computer (the destination), you must

- Install TQSL on the destination computer
- Copy each of your Callsign Certificates from the source to the destination
- Copy each of your Station Locations from the source to the destination

##### Copying All Callsign Certificates and Station Locations to Another Computer

You can copy all of your Callsign Certificates and Station Locations at once by

1. | Directing TQSL to create a Backup File.
2. | Copying the Backup File from the source computer to the destination computer.
3. | On the destination computer, directing TQSL to restore Callsign Certificates, Station Locations, and Preferences from the copied Backup File.

##### Copying One Callsign Certificate to Another Computer

A Callsign Certificate (.tq6) file cannot be copied from one computer to another. Only a Certificate Container (.p12) file can be copied in this manner.

1. | If you have not created a Certificate Container file for the Callsign Certificate you wish to copy,

| 1.a | Start TQSL on the source computer.
| 1.b | On the Callsign Certificates tab, click on the Callsign Certificate you wish to copy, and then click the Save callsign certificate button.
| 1.c | In the Enter the name for the new Certificate Container file dialog,

|  | 1.c.1. | Set Save in to `C:\MyLotWCertificates`
|  | 1.c.2. | Note the File name specified.
|  | 1.c.3. | Click the Save button.

| 1.d | In the Certificate Container Passphrase dialog, leave the New passphrase and Enter again to confirm boxes empty unless you are using a shared computer, in which case you should specify the same passphrase in both boxes.
| 1.e | In the Click the OK button

2. | Copy the Certificate Container file from `C:\MyLotWCertificates` on the source computer to `C:\MyLotWCertificates` on the destination computer.
3. | On the destination computer, startTQSL and select the Callsign Certificate tab, which lists your Callsign Certificates.

| 3.a | Click the Load a Callsign Certificate button; in the Select Certificate file dialog that appears,

|  | 3.a.1. | Set Look in to `C:\MyLotWCertificates`
|  | 3.a.2. | Set the Files of type selector (on OS X, set the Enable selector) to `Callsign Certificate container files (*.p12)`
|  | 3.a.3. | Click on the Certificate Container file you copied in step 2.
|  | 3.a.3. | Click the Open button.

| 3.b | In the Load Certificate file dialog, enter the passphrase you specified when you created the Certificate Container file (if any), and click the Next button; the New Passphrase dialog will appear.
| 3.c | In the New Passphrase dialog,

|  | 3.c.1. | If your computer is shared, specify a passphrase in both textboxes; otherwise leave these boxes blank.
|  | 3.c.2. | Click the Ok button; the Load Certificate file dialog will display Loading complete.

| 3.d | In the Load Certificate file dialog, click the Finish button.