Backup Before Reinstall

[simoncn]

From your description of the problem, it sounds like MinimServer is running but the icon is not showing in the taskbar. A Java update can cause this by moving the icon to the overflow area of the taskbar. You can view the overflow icons by clicking the upward-pointing arrow icon in the taskbar. For information about how to configure the taskbar so that the MinimServer icon is visible, see this page. Reinstalling MinimServer will not fix this problem.

To answer your question about backing up your MinimServer settings to preserve them after a reinstall, this isn't necessary because these settings are not removed or changed when you uninstall and/or reinstall MinimServer.

To make a backup of your settings to ensure you can restore them if your Windows installation suffers a catastrophic failure such as a disk failure, you can make a copy of the complete contents and all subfolders of the folder C:\Users\your-user-name\AppData\Roaming\MinimServer. The AppData folder is not visible in Windows Explorer by default but you can see this folder by typing its full path into the Windows Explorer address bar.