The MX-Contact Personal and Professional Editions store all data in a SQL Express database.

To move MX-Contact from one computer to another, do the following:

1. Backup the MXContact database (from the old computer), following the instructions found here:
   
   
2. Copy the backup file (usually MXContact.bak) from the old computer to the new computer, into a folder you've created, e.g. C:\Backup\MXContact.
   
   
3. Install MX-Contact on the new computer using the standard Installation Package (found on the Downloads page), following the instructions as per the MX-Contact Installation Guide - Personal and Professional Editions (found on the same page).
   
   
4. Create a new MXContact database using the MX-SQL Manager utility that appears at the end of the install.
   
   
5. Restore the backup file MXContact.bak from the folder C:\Backup\MXContact following the instructions found here.
   
   
6. Open Outlook using the MX-Contact icon.