Allcomputer programs have a specific file structure. Normally, there will be a location on the computer for the program files themselves and another location (only if different than the program files) for the data files. Even though computer programs are written by different people, most of them generally follow a similar structure to make things easier for the end-users.
Another important location you want to know about is the Database and Resources location. These can be found by going to your local drive, then the Users folder, then Public, Public Documents, Softouch, and EasyWorship. Within the EasyWorship folder, you will find Profile folders. After you initially install EasyWorship and open it for the first time, it will create a profile called Default. In this EasyWorship folder you will see a profile folder called Default.
There is a tool that can be downloaded and used to make a backup of your data files and to transfer them to another computer if needed. Below is a link to the download and instructions that walk you through how to do it step by step.
There are a few other files that you might also want to take note of that may not be in a very well-known location. The following files are in windows folders that are hidden by default; the ProgramData folder and AppData folder. Here, you can find files for EasyWorship that will allow you to reset how your EasyWorship windows show up on your screens, view and edit your EasyWorship hotkeys, and more. You can unhide these folders for windows, but there is an easy shortcut you can use to find them quickly.
Go to the Softouch folder and then EasyWorship.v7. There are a few different folders here you can look at, but the Settings folder will have the items that you may want to tweak. This is where you can find the ComputerSettings.ini and HotKeys.2.ini files.
This will take you to the Roaming folder for your Windows user account. Go to the Softouch folder, then EasyWorship.v7. Open the Settings folder and you will find files like History.ini, UserSettings.ini, and WindowSettings.ini.
There are other locations EasyWorship will use to store files, like the Windows Registry, but the ones I mentioned above are the most common and really the only locations you will need to venture on your own. Knowing about these files and their locations will give you a little bit more control of how you use and tweak EasyWorship to work the best for you and your church.
Dan Willard has been helping EasyWorship customers troubleshoot since 2006. He is head of all things training and teaches a weekly webinar which helps EasyWorship newbies look like pros. Dan also loves playing music and has been a worship leader since 2000. He enjoys golfing and eating good food, but not as much as he enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons.
I thought I might leave another idea for you that may be of help. We use Pro Presenter frequently in our installations in churches. It has all the same functionality of Easy Worship plus a few extras I have found. Originally Easy worship was windows only and ProPresenter was Mac only. ProPresenter is now also offered for Windows also.
Thanks Danny for commenting on the blog. We switched to ProPresenter several years ago and have loved it as well. Glad we made the switch. You can read more about why we switched at -to-propresenter-5.html
Hello pastors, my name is stephen, am just wondering if easy worship can work on ipad? I have been going front and back looking for a way to get it on my ipad with no luck, can you please point me in the right direction.
Hi everyone. We use EW with an app on my ipad called Air Keyboard. You can then customize the screen on the ipad to have large buttons for functions like Go Live and Next and then have smaller button for other functions. Only issue is that it is only a control surface, so there is no live view on the ipad.
Thanks to modern software and projectors we get our song lyrics, bible verses, videos, sermon notes. All projected onto the big screen. Running it has never been easier. In our church we mostly use easyworship Powerpoint Windows media player
It is an Awesome ministry as you interact with the worship team, Pastor, visiting speakers. and best of all learn a new skill on computers. It is Especially great for all you christian computer geeks out there!
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