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Transferring Old Settings

Last updated: July 27, 2026

Sometimes when you reinstall or update a Frost modpack through the Modrinth App, it creates a brand new profile folder instead of updating your old one in place — you'll notice this because your old instance is still there, and a second one with a number after its name shows up next to it. Your keybinds, mod settings, and video options live inside the old instance's folder and won't move over automatically. Here's how to bring them across.

Which files matter? The config folder (all your mods' settings) and the options.txt file (keybinds, video settings, sound, language, etc.) — copying just these two is enough to get your setup back exactly how it was.

Finding Both Instance Folders

You need two folders open side by side: your old instance (with your settings) and your new one (the empty copy). There are two ways to get to either of them.

1

Easiest: use the Modrinth App itself

In your Library, find the instance, click the ⋯ (three dots) next to it, and choose Open Modpack Folder. Do this once for the old instance and once for the new one — no typing required.

2

Manual: via the profiles folder

Press Win + R, paste the path below, and press Enter. Both instances live here as separate folders — the old one keeps its plain name, the new one has a number after it, e.g. FrostClient 1.21.11 - Lite (2).

%appdata%\ModrinthApp\profiles\

Copying Your Settings Over

3

Copy from the old instance

Inside the old instance's folder, select the config folder and the options.txt file, then copy them (Ctrl+C).

4

Paste into the new instance

Open the new instance's folder (the one with the number) and paste (Ctrl+V). If Windows asks about replacing the existing config folder or options.txt, confirm the replace/merge.

5

Launch the new instance

Your keybinds, mod configs, and video/sound settings should now match your old setup exactly.

Tip: Anything else you want to bring over — worlds (saves), screenshots, resource packs — works the exact same way: just copy that folder from the old instance into the new one too.
Don't copy over your mods folder. If you also bring over the mods folder, never choose "Replace All" when Windows asks — that overwrites the new instance's mods with your old, possibly outdated ones, which can downgrade Frost and stop it from working correctly. Let the new instance's own mods stay as they are; only merge in files that don't already exist there.

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