Like this if OBS has ever imploded on you and ruined your life. EDIT: For anyone who's wondering why OBS is no longer saving any changes to their scenes, the reason is because you don't have write access to your C:\Program Files\ folder. This solution to this is to (A) run OBS in admin mode (thus giving you write access) or (B) moving OBS out of your C:\Program Files\ directory entirely. I highly advise that you do (B) and move OBS into a cloud storage solution like Google Drive or Dropbox.
@LPTVLive
2 жыл бұрын
OBS imploding cost me a portion of whatever sanity I had left up to that point...
@joel_joa
2 жыл бұрын
LMAO, I was just rewatching your video about PORTABLE OBS last Wednesday so I can move my info to my new PC. Gonna watch the vid later. Thanks Nutty!
@DiMosHigh
2 жыл бұрын
This happened to me in the 3rd week of January. Didn't ruin my life but def took me a week to redo 5 years of an OBS setup.
@toodaloo91
2 жыл бұрын
Well, now i got this Error msg: "Failed to get text from remote : The requested URL returned error : 404 Not Found" and cant connect my Twitch account... already reinstalled everything
@bigrob029
2 жыл бұрын
getting the itch to switch over the linux full time again.... this seems like it should be helpful.
@UnicornSnipes
2 жыл бұрын
I have watched so many of your videos, they’ve all taught me something! The last video I watched I was thinking to myself how the hell do you keep coming up with content? Not only that but how was it still so relevant and helpful so many years and videos later?! Thank you Nutty, you’re amazing please never stop posting! 🥺🥰
@nuttylmao
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I will do what I can!
@nuttylmao
2 жыл бұрын
Like this if OBS has ever imploded on you and ruined your life.
@NoNameFoundTV
2 жыл бұрын
To access quickly to the APPDATA folder, here's a fast shortcut with your keyboard: WIN+R to fire up RUN, then type " %APPDATA% " (without quotes) and press enter. In this way you will avoid confusion, because the folder is hided by default. Enjoy! P.S. Nutty is the NUTS!
@eloitsreno
2 жыл бұрын
DANG this is so useful! It also helps my anxiety to calm down. 69/10 would watch again
@TheAlexbest2000
2 жыл бұрын
That's a must watch video. I even think it's necessary to do this if you have a lot of scenes
@wagonet
2 жыл бұрын
Nutty I've been streaming for 1 year and your content has really helped me out. Thanks for doing these videos. They. Are the best
@sharxbyte
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the backup script. Not sure why it's trying to backup every video on my c drive though...
@Murkedd
2 жыл бұрын
holy shit the algorithm is inside my head because i have to reinstall OBS but have been waiting cause i really don't want to redo everything i've created over the last 2yrs. These steps (i hope) are going to help solve so many hours i was planning on spending on recreating stuff!!
@Sydneymmakes
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks dastardly Dave for sending this to me sassily, after I spent 9 hours rebuilding obs yesterday. At least I’ll never have to go through that again 😅
@colesantewarner716
2 жыл бұрын
been meaning to do this for a while. thanks for the push to actually do it.
@BearClaymore
2 жыл бұрын
Mr Nutty Lord, I saw your video 6 days ago and immediately thought I should really do this like right now. That same day, my OBS crashed!!! THE SAME DAY... Took me a couple of days to bring it back to almost what it was. Honestly, please people do this!
@DamienLee
2 жыл бұрын
Common nutty W this is so clutch
@MotionPunk
2 жыл бұрын
u rock my friend! im so tired of setting this up every other format + in forums i get all sorts of random answers!cheers
@noted
2 жыл бұрын
youre just the best bro
@lilj6623
2 жыл бұрын
n0ted was here
@bugracakir
2 жыл бұрын
This is a total life saver. Thank you so much! You are the BEST!
@HighImAma
11 ай бұрын
''All your settings should be back to normal, if not... '' Me looking at my empty obs scenes. Oh...
@cjalmighty
11 ай бұрын
Same
@TheVOWizard
2 жыл бұрын
Dude, rest happy: My PC just took the bite and this has saved me WEEKS of OBS work with the new machine… THANK you.
@sofarsogod
Жыл бұрын
This is gold nutty, you know I love you
@NanoNutrino
2 жыл бұрын
There's a nice little program called "Symlink Creator" that allows you to create junctions or symbolic links nice and easily. you can also store it on the cloud because it's essentially portable. A junction is exactly the same as creating shortcut, except the junction acts like it's not a shortcut, windows treats the junction shortcut like you created a new folder but the contents of that "new folder" (junction shortcut) is stored in a completely different folder. Windows will read a junction shortcut as having having memory but it won't take up space on the hard drive (if the source folder is on the cloud or on another hard drive). In essence, a junction is a folder that's content are stored else where.
@nuttylmao
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Very cool tool! It's a shame there's nothing in the native UI for creating junctions/symlinks.
@appledr8808
2 жыл бұрын
I accidentally deleted my entire system 32 while wokring on a .bat file project you literally are my hero nutty!
@MrARMBARS
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I am installing a new motherboard and CPU and needing to do a clean windows install. I was able to use your method and moved all my assets in to the OBS directory and am able to back everything up at once now. Hopefully I can just move my OBS to the new windows install and everything will work perfectly!
@olafschermann1592
2 жыл бұрын
0:40 - I like your folder names 😁
@rawkfistgaming
2 жыл бұрын
I was going to use the junctions feature, but my assets were so ridiculously unorganized, this provided a good opportunity for me to clean things up. Looking forward to this going much easier moving forward!
@DjamelXYZ
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Portable mode works very well!
@rexbordz16
2 жыл бұрын
The first time I was listening to you on the last three minutes of the video, I honestly did not understand it. But as I was just doing what you were teaching in the first part, it made sense to me. I never had to deal with the *missing* thing. Thanks for this tutorial. Now I won't have to worry about losing my OBS even if I switch PCs.
@rovertgamehead
Жыл бұрын
You just saved us all Nutty! Haha jokes on you OBS we now have our ways with you!
@taug3r586
2 жыл бұрын
great video and very useful scripts, thank you. one thing to point out is that if "create-backup" script to be run as a scheduled task, then path to the portable obs folder needs to be specied in ":: Zip folders" section (to replace "*"). if not, it zips system32 folder instead :)
@takizoli
7 ай бұрын
Did they change something? because I make the .txt file like you said, but OBS starts up normally. I even run it in admin mode like you said.
@sniklegem
2 жыл бұрын
I understand nothing but I gave it a thumbs up!
@RelyeaGaming
2 жыл бұрын
Is there an easy way to get a list of all asset files and their current location? I would happily do the manual process of saving to the asset folder as a backup and then always use that folder moving forward
@doirman
11 ай бұрын
I quit streaming because I lost my OBS scenes and settings! This is great stuff
@klimovskiyal
4 күн бұрын
Great video, man 👍
@Pablo
2 жыл бұрын
Super useful video. Thank you so much.
@LecmElite
Жыл бұрын
Nutty i need a tutorial on how to un portable obs, i just did this portable tutorial to save my settings after a hardware issues. is theres a way to put it back on windows at it was in the past?
@thehansmanza
2 жыл бұрын
Yoouuu BEAT MEE noooooo, lol. Always fun to watch and love your work bro
@madduckhunt4333
2 жыл бұрын
i just did this and and was like god damn it when it was a blank obs and then remembered you said it would happen lol
@chillly3557
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this lots of help I was having trouble with missing files for the overlays
@FragaGeddon
8 ай бұрын
@6:11 I removed the pause function, since I just want it to close when it's done. I've also setup a multifunction on my stream deck, first open the cleanup file, then wake 2 seconds, then run the backup file. Thanks for this.
@IsThatDrak
2 жыл бұрын
as always great tutorial thank you!
@SnekCato
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Nutty! You are the best and I love you, even though you gave me a heart attack at 4:17 hahaha
@Pins33ker
8 ай бұрын
Couldn't you just backup your OBS-Studio folder and then replace it after If needed. ? Or in my case, let's say I wanted to do a clean install of Windows 11, then i would install OBS as normal, then delete that folder, then copy the backup folder and paste it in the same place as the deleted folder ?
@dastardlydave1752
2 жыл бұрын
WOW. I'LL NEVER LOSE DATA AGAIN!
@No_Lollygaggin
10 ай бұрын
So i made the config as instructed and then upgraded to OBS 30 and the config file is in there but OBS is loading as if its a brand new install and none of my settings are applying. I'm not sure what I did wrong.
@MoonFaceNick
2 жыл бұрын
I can’t live without my “Definitely Not Porn” folder
@sreyan_vlogs
2 жыл бұрын
hay I was there when the stream crashed !!!! nice
@RonnieRukusTV
10 ай бұрын
Nutty! This was totally helpful I'm saving my settings when I switched over to my new PC build. HOWEVER, when you move the OBS folder, it throws off your Stream Deck plugins and they won't work anymore. I'm trying to follow Elgato's steps to remedy the situation, but it's not working. This might be disastrous 😭
@spyco_tv
10 ай бұрын
Same for me !
@RonnieRukusTV
10 ай бұрын
@@spyco_tv were you able to fix yours? I ended up having to move the folder back to where it was in order for the stream deck to work, but then OBS started crashing in the middle of my streams. So, I uninstalled OBS completely, then reinstalled it and copied the folder with all my settings to where the new install of OBS had them. Thankfully, that worked. All of my stuff is working now and OBS hasn't crashed since.
@spyco_tv
10 ай бұрын
@@RonnieRukusTV yes working perfectly for me at the first time
@bak1snus
Жыл бұрын
your look is 𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 unique ❤🔥
@zul.travels
2 жыл бұрын
After transferring the obs_portable_mode.txt and open OBS in admin mode, it doesn't do anything and the config folder did not appear.
@cultofsrv0
2 жыл бұрын
this also happened for me
@Weajy
2 жыл бұрын
also same, halp please :')
@newdancecrew
2 жыл бұрын
Same help pls
@migs85
2 жыл бұрын
same here
@Aut_played
Жыл бұрын
so i tried this too and got the same problem but i figured out what the problem was (for me at least) and hopefully it works for you all too. i created the file just like nutty, did not work - then i deleted the ".txt" so the file name is "obs_portable_mode" without the ".txt" and it works now - it just opened a blank OBS thingy and i am now continuing with the video (just thought because i was looking at comments for a solution earlier that i write this here) - hope it works! :)
@Destrock
Жыл бұрын
Oh, ty, I already had my OBS settings backed up but you teached me about the portable mode which is better than backing the files. I don't need the script. That's on another hard drive now, so I SHOULD be good, if that hard drive don't break. I'm unable to find how to save my Streamlabs settings now mmhhhh, maybe the files are already in the main folder, in the other hard drive and not in C: ?
@apacheflameworks
2 жыл бұрын
I switched over to obs portable mode and everything seemed to be working fine, until I changed a few things in my scenes. now whenever I close and reopen obs none of the changes I made are there. Changes appear to be saving to my old roaming folder instead of the new config folder. I have to go back to my roaming folder and copy over the obs-studio folder into the new config folder inside of obs portable every time I change something. is there a way to make obs save to the new config folder instead of the old roaming obs-studio folder??
@BearClaymore
2 жыл бұрын
May I ask for Christmas to update the script to include backing up streamdeck and goxlr settings??? mucho please?
@MicTimeWithMike
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making a video on this. Very helpful. Only issue I had was folder permissions for them to execute but other then that perfect.
@FlorinBRTS
2 жыл бұрын
portable_mode.txt not working , when i start obs again nothing happen i still have my settings...
@StallioN.2020
11 күн бұрын
Hello nutty big fan.. i have seen alot of your videos these days and learnt alot from you.. I have lot of questions for you on this.. 1. If i make a backup by this method then it become portable so now can i uninstall obs from my pc? And run obs from that backup anywhere in my pc. And can i shift all this setting from one pc to another. Because thats the whole point of making it portable. 2. Streamer bot doesnt work properly when obs is in portabale mode, same with speaker bot. Both of these will reset after every restart of obs or pc. 3. Streamer bot and speaker bot should be placed inside asset folder or it can run from other drive like e:/ where i keep my softwares Please explain.. It will be very helpful.. Thanks alot in advance.
@avatarsradio
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I wish OBS would just make this a more automated process for everyone that doesn't know about this.
@thefathershouseburnsville4073
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@justresist
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, thnaks!
@melaniel561
2 жыл бұрын
When I create the text file, drop it into the obs-studio folder then run obs. OBS wont run and instead I get a pop up that says error could not create folder "config"
@AdamBoc
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the detailed explanation! I know I'll be crucified for this question... but can you do anything similar on a Mac? Aaaaand... can you "sync" or move these OBS settings somehow (USB key, GDrive, anything) between Windows and Mac? (I am starting to assemble a more portable setup on my Mac laptop in addition to the Windows main one and searching for options.)
@nuttylmao
2 жыл бұрын
I'm unfamiliar with Macs unfortunately, but my assumption is that their file formats are different. But who knows...
@Yakuo
2 жыл бұрын
ty
@bySkriK
Жыл бұрын
Hi nutty, tried this but making the text file does change nothing for my obs, and config folder does not appear, some ideas? I made sure the text file was exactly as written as the video. Thanks for everything
@gwkennie9110
Жыл бұрын
did you ever figure this out?
@Big-boned_Pikachu
Ай бұрын
4:15 yeahhhh about that lol. Thankfully it was a fresh install anyways, so I just have to recreate the most basic of basic setup stuff. Every single time I would boot up OBS it would act as a new install. But damn why can't it be easier to just create a simple backup? Edit: So oddly enough I attempted to delete the obs folder, and move the backup zip to where the regular OBS folder was. At first I couldn't open it. So I attempted to reinstall it. Once it reinstalled it applied my settings back into the appdata folder and my settings are saved >.> I have no idea what has happened but I'll take it for now lol
@BizzarBox
10 ай бұрын
Not gonna lie.. the 1st time I tried doing this everything was GONE! I almost crapped my pants. But I figured it out :) Thanks so much for this video!
@scarletackermn
Ай бұрын
How did you figure it out??? I’m having the same issue
@coolcraft8302
9 ай бұрын
my obs is not working for this it is only opening and doing the same thing
@fireriffs
2 жыл бұрын
This begs the question, why isn't "portable obs" just the way OBS works by default?
@nuttylmao
2 жыл бұрын
It's basically the standard to store settings in AppData. It basically allows you to reinstall programs and keep your data. Personally I like my programs to be portable wherever possible so I have full control over where all my data is.
@fireriffs
2 жыл бұрын
@@nuttylmao I wasn't even thinking of that even though I'd heard that before about software development.
@Jason22Douce
Жыл бұрын
I did this and it worked but I lost the multi stream rtmp dock, couldn't get it back. Then I would remove the 'obs_portable_mode' blank folder out of the files and it would put the multi stream rtmp back, however, I would have a brand new OBS, everything else lost. Idk what to do besides wipe it all and start fresh
@TheAll-InNerd
2 жыл бұрын
The AppData-folder might be hidden, it gave me half a heartattack. Try this in that case: To open the AppData folder on Windows 10, 8 & 7: Open File Explorer/Windows Explorer Type %AppData% into the address bar and hit enter Navigate to the required folder (Roaming or Local)
@actasif4196
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this. I'll leave a like and comment for others to see.
@TheAll-InNerd
2 жыл бұрын
Another thing that I don’t know if he mentions in this video is that you’ll either have to start OBS as an adminstrator after this, or move the OBS-folder out of ’program files’ folder, to C: preferably. Otherwise it won’t save when you make any changes in OBS.
@actasif4196
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheAll-InNerd Once again, thank you very much!
@Tenleja
5 ай бұрын
I have a problem with this method, everytime that OBS is opened I need to login into the chat, everytime. A friend help me with my configuration so sometimes he opens my obs from his computer (we work with a dedicated NAS and Syncthing) if that helps
@TurtleXL
2 жыл бұрын
Can you expand on backing up Streamer.bot as well? Or is it just saving the directory folder?
@TioBaconToast
2 жыл бұрын
DUDEEEEE!!!!
@userunknown2771
Жыл бұрын
This entirely destroyed my OBS. I entered the directory for the create-backup script to C:\Program Files\obs-studio as you told and the script only backed some AMD Drivers and other stuff on my C Drive eventually reaching 2GB, although my OBS Folder is only 400mb When afterwards trying to open OBS in admin Mode, everything was nuked and it reloaded a new instance of OBS asking me if i wanted to stream or record :O All gone
@awonaut5165
2 жыл бұрын
my obs isnt really interested in changing to portable mode, any tips? 🙏
@esteBAM979
2 жыл бұрын
Lmao the crying! Man I have felt that before
@TheNamesJT
2 жыл бұрын
Okay so had issues at first but you need to create a txt file on your desktop first and then drag it into the obs folder for some reason it didn't work when creating the txt file from within the obs folder.
@TheNamesJT
2 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing you need to use one drive on your pc to be able to automatically save and backup to google drive?
@Archaic-Visionary
2 жыл бұрын
@nutty could you also theoretically edit the .bat file to run WinRar instead of 7zip if you don't want to use that program? 🤔
@Sitonyto
Жыл бұрын
When you open obs after this should it always prompt for the missing files? That keeps happening to me even if I have linked the asset folder
@kingarthour49
9 ай бұрын
Okay, now please, tell us where to get that pokemon stadium video file from the beginning of the video
@German_intelligence
2 жыл бұрын
Does it bring back all your welcome setting effects , audio etc
@ValeriousSA
Жыл бұрын
I tried this step by step with OBS 28.1.2 after dragging the txt file & reopening OBS the config file never appeared. Could this be an update issue?
@najmamiah8943
2 жыл бұрын
I don't have an OBS folder in my appdata oaming file?! Where would I locate my settings and stuff if they aren't in that location?
@gglivetv
2 жыл бұрын
Is there a way to have a list of all "assets": images, sounds, whatever in certain scene?
@Aratsei
Жыл бұрын
So all this script seemed to do currently is copy my system32 and ruin my obs setup, didnt use anything but the default. Guess it did technicly backup something
@userunknown2771
Жыл бұрын
same for me !
@abangroy12
4 күн бұрын
SAME! I LOST ALL MY SETUP!
@CainKongOG
2 жыл бұрын
I give this an HH rating for hilarious AND helpful
@OnlyFoolsGaming
2 жыл бұрын
I have done this and obs asks me everytime i open it for the missing files....i point it to the new location and then the next time it asks again....the problem really gets bad when it forgets my masks everytime also......is there a way to make the change permanent?
@Otterinheaven
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Nutty, what about your VST Plugins? Could you just use Junction as well?
@timmyslair
Жыл бұрын
Alright, I've been streaming for over a year now and haven't "had" to back-up OBS yet. I copied the .txt file over to my obs studio folder, but it didn't reset my OBS or create the config file. Wondering if I did something incorrectly, Windows 10. Thanks
@nuttylmao
Жыл бұрын
Either (1) run OBS as admin so you get write permissions in your Program Files folder or (2) pull your entire OBS folder out of Program Files where you *do* have write permissions (which was the entire point of making OBS portable). Highly recommend you do the second option.
@tylrbailey
2 жыл бұрын
Is there any way to backup Custom Browser Docks and UI layouts? Everywhere I look it says it's impossible, and it's such a pain having to reimport and resize everything every time I backup
@gila7524
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the vid man! Dumb question: would it work if I didn’t do portable mode and simply create two zip files? One for the folder in appdata and the other one for the folder in programs and then just put them each in the right place when I need to do the backup?
@Gingercooki3
2 жыл бұрын
how to do that on Mac?) I have totally different folders names and etc... I dont have config. can u help me pls?
@teddyshinobi
2 жыл бұрын
My OBS won't open now. Just says it is already running but I can't get into it. Thanks
@vyledust1
2 жыл бұрын
Is this better than just opening the portable from the cloud? I just run it from my Drive folder and copy the entire portable and rename it when I want to test stuff that I know will break it.
@nuttylmao
2 жыл бұрын
It's always best to have multiple forms of backup. Personally I place my OBS folder on Google Drive, but create backups every time I want to make big changes to OBS. It literally takes two clicks to backup, and is so so easy to restore if anything goes wrong!
@TheAlexbest2000
2 жыл бұрын
Hey ! I can't manage to link my twitch account to obs after switching to portable mode. if i try to connect an error is showing. It's : "Failed to get text from remote : The requested URL returned error : 404 Not Found"
@toodaloo91
2 жыл бұрын
same here
@TheAlexbest2000
2 жыл бұрын
@@toodaloo91 Ok i just found what happened. It's because of twitch, not obs. You'll have to use your stream key to stream. If you want to get your side tchat and stream info windows, you'll have to go to your twitch dashboard, make the widget of your choice pops out, take the url and adding it as "custom browser dock" in order to do that, go to "view/browser docks". add a name and paste the link
@toodaloo91
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheAlexbest2000 couldnt connect with streamkey aswell, i needed to reinstall everything :D rip. But i have Cloudbackup via Streamelements, so everything is ok...
@JustinV911
2 жыл бұрын
Will this work with transferring to a dual pc setup?
@Old_Maple
4 ай бұрын
I have the "assets" folder set in the main directory and put all of my twitch stuff there but when I search obs to get them all back in all is good but when I restart obs it still says all the files are missing I'm so lost and want this to work! Anyone know what might be going on?
@Old_Maple
4 ай бұрын
I think I figured out its because I didn't run it as administrator when I was doing it seems to have solved it
@hardwaredynasty
2 жыл бұрын
Is the last 3 minutes, the Windows junction part, neccessary of you keep the drive letter and subfolders identical? For example D drive/OBS portable/assets/etc.
@alva_maennchen4368
8 ай бұрын
anybody knows what i have to write in the batch file to download all the Zip files older than e.g. 7Days ?
@alva_maennchen4368
8 ай бұрын
Here my solution: forfiles.exe /P "[YOUR WINDOWS FILE PATH]" /S /M *.* /D -7 /C "cmd /c del /q @path"
@siggevibes
Жыл бұрын
Would have been very convenient if this was some standard thing for OBS because I'm lazy a f
@Mr.C0ffee
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe I’m just r3tarded but after the backup, do we just replace the folder that comes with the fresh OBS install? Wouldn’t that also change the OBS version? Thanks nut man
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