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Syncing with the desktop app

Pair the Windows app once and every character arrives on the site at each logout.

The desktop app is a small Windows program that sits in the tray. It watches the file the addon writes, and sends what is new to your account. It never changes anything in your game folder. You need an account for it, because that is where it sends your characters.

Pair it once

  1. Download the app from the Account page (under **Your computers**, "Download the app") or from the home page, and install it.
  2. On the Account page, under Your computers, press **Pair a device**. The site shows a code of six characters. It works once, for ten minutes.
  3. In the app, open the pairing window (Pair… at the bottom of its window), type the code, give this PC a name and press Pair.

The app then says "Paired" with your account, and its window says Watching for changes. A paired computer can only send your progress: it cannot read your account, your email or anything else.

When does it send?

The game only writes the addon's file when you log out, exit or reload the interface. So a character arrives on the site shortly after you log out. Want it sooner? Press Sync now on the addon's Export tab in game: it reloads your interface, which writes the file, and the app sends it straight away.

On Forever, the app is also the only way your recipes reach the site.

Useful to know

  • Sync now in the app itself reads everything again and sends it.
  • Start with Windows (in the app and in its tray menu) keeps it running without you thinking about it. Closing the window only hides it.
  • If it says WoW folder not found, press Choose folder… and point it at your World of Warcraft folder.
  • If it says "This device was unpaired", pair it again with a new code.
  • To stop a computer from syncing, press Unpair beside it on the Account page. What it already sent stays on your account.
  • Moved to patchvaultapp.com: copies of the app older than 0.2.3 still try the old address and cannot sync. Install the current version over the old one.

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