How do i back up Google earth place mark?

[HoMeBoY JoShIwA]

I've been using Google earth for a while, and i have a lot of places marked in my Google earth. I'm planning to format my computer, how do i back up all those place mark before i format, and how do i restore?No one knows? is there reli no way to back up google earth place mark?


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[derek88]

First, do you log into your computer with a name and password, or do you use the "Fast User Switching" feature (Windows XP) or Vista and click on your name when you log in? Then either what you type or what is written in the box where you click is your username on this computer. If not; if the desktop appears after booting the computer with no login or password, then your username is something like "Customer" or "Default User". You need to know this in order to find the file in which these place marks are stored.

Look in C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Google\GoogleEarth for a file called "myplaces.kml". Depending on your username and other factors, the exact path might be slightly different. Depending on your version of GoogleEarth, the exact name of the .kml file could be different. The important point is that it is in the "Application Data" folder (be careful; there is a folder called "Local Settings" that also has a sub-folder called "Application Data", but you do NOT want that one), and the placemark file will have an extension of .kml. This is the file that you need to save.

If you really get lost, just use whatever desktop search you have (XP, the Search Companion, Desktop Search, whatever is in your Start menu) and search for anything with a .kml extension.

If there are several files there (you can create several sets of place marks), it's best to back them all up: they're not very large. Later, after you have re-formatted your hard drive and re-installed Windows and GoogleEarth, restore this/these file(s) to the same place; overwrite the one that is there by default.

That should do the trick