How to Create a Backup of your Quick-Load Catalog in KONTAKT

The Quick-Load tool in KONTAKT allows you to manage and quickly load your Instruments, Banks, and Multis in a customized manner.
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Follow the below steps if you want to reinstall KONTAKT but want to keep your Quick-Load structure after the reinstallation.

Creating a Quick-Load Backup

Mac
  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 > Kontakt and right-click the "QuickLoad" folder to Copy it into the clipboard.
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  3. Right click on your Desktop and Paste the folder.

After re-installing KONTAKT, you can place this backup copy of the "QuickLoad" folder back into the above location to restore your Quick-Load menu.

Windows
  1. Open an Explorer window, navigate to the folder
    C: > Users > Username > AppData > Local > Native Instruments > Kontakt
    and right-click the "QuickLoad" folder to Copy it into the clipboard.
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    Note: "AppData" is a hidden folder. Read this article to learn how to display hidden folders on Windows.

  2. Right click on your Desktop and Paste the folder.

After re-installing KONTAKT, you can place this backup copy of the "QuickLoad" folder back into the above location to restore your Quick-Load menu.

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