How to backup the favorites and history folders

The Favorites "folder" is not a true folder. It is actually a *.dta file, and all it contains is shortcut links to the files you "placed" in it. In other words, if I have a file, FGLB in my C:\MetaStock Data\My Stocks folder, and I "place" it in the Favorites folder, all I am really doing is putting a notation of where FGLB is located (its pathname) in the Favorites.dta file. To back up FGLB, I have to backup the actual file itself in my C:\MetaStock Data\My Stocks folder.

Although you can take your Favorites.dta file and move it to your laptop into the MetaStock folder there, the pathnames it contains may not have valid pathnames to the data files on the laptop. If your files are all in the exact same location then the links in Favorites.dta should be OK.

The History is also not a true folder, just a *.dta file with similar links. Same situation.