Is there a way to port my scoop from current to new machine?

[Rafeqm]

I just discover scoop a few days ago, and already installed yesterday. So as of now, I installed curl, python3.10, sudo, and oh-my-posh. The problem is: my dad is gonna buy me a new laptop next week (currently I use my mom's laptop) and I already configured scoop in C:\Users\myTempName\scoop. So say I've already get my new laptop, can I just move my scoop folder to my new laptop at C:\Users\myNewUserName\scoop and add \scoop\shims to PATH? Or are there several other steps I must do?

NOTE: I don't have unlimited data plan/bandwidth, So I don't want to redownload/reinstall everything except scoop itself if needed.

[rashil2000]

Do this:

1. Reinstall scoop on new laptop
2. Copy everything from C:\Users\myTempName\scoop\cache\ to C:\Users\myNewUserName\scoop\cache\
3. Install your 4 apps. Since everything is in cache, Scoop will not download anything new.

[Rafeqm]

If I've already installed some python packages like black, flake8, and isort. Should I copy the full ~\scoop instead of just ~\scoop\cache?

[rashil2000]

Copying the entire folder might cause unknown problems. You can try it, but be warned.

The method I told is error-free.

[niheaven]

1. Copy entire scoop dir. (e.g., new dir is D:\Scoop)
2. Add $env:SCOOP to point to your new location ($env:SCOOP is D:\Scoop)
3. Add D:\Scoop\shims to $env:PATH and make sure it is before WindowsApps's
4. Restart your terminal to reload Environment Variables
5. scoop reset *
6. All done.

[pratikpc]

Depending on the app, sometimes simple copy paste can also work

[rashil2000]

@Rafeqm is your problem solved?

[AntonOks]

Do this:

1. Reinstall scoop on new laptop

2. Copy everything from `C:\Users\myTempName\scoop\cache\` to `C:\Users\myNewUserName\scoop\cache\`

3. Install your 4 apps. Since everything is in cache, Scoop will not download anything new.

Hmmm... shouldn't one also copy ​C:\Users\<user>\scoop\persist then to make sure the previous setting / configs of his app's are also taken over?

[rashil2000]

Persist can contain files with hardcoded paths (created by packages themselves), so I'm not sure. It depends on the installed apps.

[niheaven]

Just scoop reset *, it will persist everything again and let them work.

[Rafeqm]

I got my new laptop now. But after scoop reset *, scoop throws errors with:

.....................
ERROR 'starship ()' isn't installed
ERROR 'sudo ()' isn't installed
ERROR 'Ubuntu-NF ()' isn't installed
ERROR 'UbuntuMono-NF ()' isn't installed
ERROR 'vscode ()' isn't installed
ERROR 'yarn ()' isn't installed
.....................

What is the reason @niheaven ?

[niheaven]

Does your starship dir contains current and a versioned subdir?

[Rafeqm]

Yes. I just copy the entire scoop folder which contains all apps I installed to my new laptop. So everything is just the same as before and actually there are more apps I installed.

[niheaven]

It's strange. Okay, let's check it step by step.

• What's the output of scoop status?
• If your cache folder is there, you could install these apps without fresh downloading, so could you try scoop install yarn?