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An HCL Notes® application contains information about a particular area of interest, such as the forms and policy documents for a department, or it might contain documents of a similar type, such as email messages. In addition, some companies create "discussion applications," where employees can post responses to particular topics.
Advanced Notes applications topics
More advanced Notes applications tasks include determining which applications to back up, how to use XPages applications with Notes, and creating a subscription to an application.
Which Notes files should be backed up?
You may want to back up and later restore particular HCL Notes® applications and files.

Notes applications
An HCL Notes® application contains information about a particular area of interest, such as the forms and policy documents for a department, or it might contain documents of a similar type, such as email messages. In addition, some companies create "discussion applications," where employees can post responses to particular topics.
- Getting started with Notes applications
  An HCL Notes® application contains information about a particular area of interest, such as the forms and policy documents for a department, or it might contain documents of a similar type, such as email messages. In addition, some companies create discussion applications, where employees can post responses to particular topics.
- Notes applications quick reference
  This quick reference card is a list of instructions for common tasks and shortcuts for Notes applications, which you can print and keep at your desk for easy reference.
- Advanced Notes applications topics
  More advanced Notes applications tasks include determining which applications to back up, how to use XPages applications with Notes, and creating a subscription to an application.
  - Which Notes files should be backed up?
    You may want to back up and later restore particular HCL Notes® applications and files.
  - How do I use XPage applications in Notes?
    You can run XPage applications in HCL Notes®.
  - Subscribing to Notes applications
    Subscriptions allow you to receive real-time updated information from your favorite HCL Notes® applications. A subscription is a results document that displays the information you choose to monitor in a specified Notes application. For example, you have a New Mail subscription set up in Headlines that, when enabled, notifies you when you have new mail.
  - Domino Restyle for Notes applications
    The Restyle application function is available for users with Designer access.

Which Notes files should be backed up?

You may want to back up and later restore particular HCL Notes® applications and files.

The table below shows a list of Notes® applications and files to back up.

Note: The following table content may be incomplete or outdated; not all listed items must be backed up.

Table 1. Important files to back up
File name	Location	Comments
bookmark.nsf	Notes\Data directory	Contains your saved bookmarks and Home Page information.
busytime.nsf	Notes\Data directory	Contains your local free time information.
desktop8.ndk	Notes\Data directory	This is your Workspace that maps to your bookmarks.
headline.nsf	Notes\Data directory	Contains your Application Subscriptions information.
install.log	Notes® program directory	Contains the configuration information based on the options available when you install Notes®. This file is used for comparison when you upgrade to new versions of Notes®.
internet.nsf	Notes\Data directory	Contains information from your newsgroup subscriptions (NNTP).
names.nsf	Notes\Data directory	Contains your contact entries, mailing groups, connections, and locations.
notes.ini	Notes® program directory	Contains the information you provide when you set up Notes®, including the options you select in User Preferences. May also contain information created by your administrator. This file gets deleted when you uninstall Notes®.
perweb.nsf	Notes\Data directory	This is your Personal Web Navigator application that contains Web browser information.
user.dic	Notes\Data directory	Contains all of the words you have added to your personal dictionary through the Add to Dictionary option in the Spell Checker.
*.nsf	Notes\Data directory	Applications that you create on your computer are stored in the Data directory.
<yourname>.nsf (local copy)	Notes\Data directory	Contains your Mail, Calendar, and To Do list. This only shows up in the Data directory if you have a local replica of your Mail file.
<yourname>.ID	Notes\Data directory	This is your User ID file. You need this to access Notes®.