How to Backup and Move your Quick-Load Catalog in KONTAKT

The Quick-Load menu in KONTAKT allows you to manage and quickly load your Instruments, Banks, and Multis in a customized manner.

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If you want to backup your Quick-Load Catalog for a reinstallation or to transfer it to a newer KONTAKT version, please follow these steps:

Creating a Quick-Load Backup

macOS
  1. Open a Finder window and click on Go in the top menu bar, then press down the Alt key. Click the Library entry which becomes visible in the drop-down menu to access the User Library.

    Note: See this article if more info is needed to access the hidden User Library folder.

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  2. Navigate to Library > Application Support > Native Instruments
  3. Open the folder for your version of KONTAKT.

    Note: The folder for KONTAKT 6 will be named simply as "Kontakt".

  4. Right-click the "QuickLoad" folder to Copy it to the clipboard.
    Kontakt_Neutral_Mac_EN.png
  5. Paste the copied folder to e.g. your Desktop.

You can place this backup copy of the "QuickLoad" folder back into the above location after reinstalling KONTAKT, or paste it into a different KONTAKT version's folder in the same location.

Windows
  1. Open an Explorer window, navigate to the folder
    C: > Users > Username > AppData > Local > Native Instruments

    If you cannot find the AppData folder, please read this article.

  2. Open the folder for your version of KONTAKT.

    Note: The folder for KONTAKT 6 will be named simply as "Kontakt".

  3. Right-click the "QuickLoad" folder to Copy it to the clipboard.
    Kontakt_Neutral_Windows_EN.png

  4. Paste the copied folder to e.g. your Desktop.

You can place this backup copy of the "QuickLoad" folder back into the above location after reinstalling KONTAKT, or paste it into a different KONTAKT version's folder in the same location.

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