To restore a full backup of VPOP3,

1. Restore the files you made when you backed up VPOP3 - do NOT restore anything in the VPOP3\pgsql folder tree
2. Restore the registry backup you made as well by double-clicking on the .REG file you made
3. Reinstall VPOP3 into the location where you restored VPOP3. This should reinstall the PostgreSQL database system. Do not start VPOP3 at this time
4. Open a command prompt, and go to the VPOP3 directory
5. If you are restoring the backup over an existing VPOP3 database (especially if the database files are damaged) you will need to DROP the database first. To do this, run pgsql\bin\dropdb -U postgres vpop3. When it prompts for the password enter the PostgreSQL master password - default pgsqlpass. Then you will need to recreate the database - run pgsql\bin\createdb -E SQL_ASCII -O vpop3 -U postgres vpop3
6. Run pgsql\bin\pg_restore -U postgres -C -d vpop3 DBBACK-<number>.DMP where <number> is the latest number of the database backup made by VPOP3. When it prompts for a password enter the PostgreSQL master password - default pgsqlpass
7. Start VPOP3

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To restore a backup of VPOP3,

1. Restore the files you made when you backed up VPOP3
2. Restore the registry backup you made as well by double-clicking on the .REG file you made
3. Reinstall VPOP3 into the location where you restored VPOP3.