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1 To move your payroll program to a new computer you will need the download for the program to install on the new computer.
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3 * Contact Customer Support at **701-746-6017** or by email at [[support@aatrix.com>>mailto:support@aatrix.com]] to have an email sent to you with a link to the download.
4 * Download the program on the new computer to be used for payroll.
5 ** On the download screen, drag the **Aatrix Top Pay/Ultimate/Paycheck **folder to the **Applications** folder to the left to install the program.
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11 * On the current computer used for payroll, open the program to your company.
12 * Once open, go to the **"File" **menu and select** "Backup"** to create a backup of the company.
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17 * Once the backup has finished, quit out of the payroll program and open your **Hard Drive.**
18 * Go into your **Documents** folder.
19 * Go into the **Payroll Backups **folder located there.
20 ** Inside you will find a folder with your company name on it.
21 In there, sorted by the month first then the day and finally by the year, **click on the folder with the most current date** once to highlight it.
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23 * With the folder that has the most current date highlighted, go to the **File** menu and select **"Compress", **or it could say, **"Create Archive Of"** depending on what OS you are running.
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28 * This will create an **Archive.zip **file and will be located either at the top or the bottom of the dated folders.
29 ** Using a flash drive, ethernet cord, or over a network, transfer the **Archive.zip** file to the desktop of the new computer to be used for payroll, then double click on it to place the dated folder on the desktop.
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34 * Now that you have the current backup on the desktop of the new computer for payroll, open the payroll program. At the **Company Selection**, window click on **"Restore from Backup".**
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40 * Enter the **Company Name** that will display in the** Company Selection** Window.
41 ** Note that you are** limited to 22 characters **including spaces and punctuation for the name.
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48 ** In the **Restore Payroll Files **window, from the **Backup Sources **dropdown menu, choose **"Restore from Other".**
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55 ** In the window that opens, navigate to your desktop.
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58 ** Select the dated folder you placed there.
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61 ** Select the backup file inside the folder and click** "Open"**.
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67 ** You will be brought back to the **Restore Payroll Files **window.
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70 ** Click on the** "Mark All" **button across the bottom middle of the window to select all files listed.
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73 ** Click** "Restore" **to have your company information restored into the program.
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