## Using a Friendica archive
If you installed Friendica in the ``path/to/friendica`` folder:
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1. Unpack the new Friendica archive in ``path/to/friendica_new``.
2. Copy ``config/local.config.php``, ``photo/`` and ``proxy/`` from ``path/to/friendica`` to ``path/to/friendica_new``.
3. Rename the ``path/to/friendica`` folder to ``path/to/friendica_old``.