New desktop what happens

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I’ve been using Scrivner software five years and will soon update to a new desktop. How do I do this?

I can’t recollect if the software is local or cloud based. I currently have Scrivener on F drive and I back up a jump drive and Dropbox.

When my new desktop arrives can I just plug in my external drive to the new Dell or must I download Scrivner software to the C drive on the new?

Perhaps it is cloud, and I just log in? I know this sounds rudimentary, but over the years I just forgot how this works.

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The software is local.

You can move your data by plugging in the external drive, but I’d recommend reinstalling Scrivener itself.

More information here:

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So I will need to download the software to the new desktop.

Plug in external hard drive and open my project.

When finished, save to C drive, and dropbox.

Is Scrivener software not on my F Drive or is that just files?

What do I need to download ethe software from the URL? I have a Scrivner license, with numbers like a credit card, will it ask for it?

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Did you read the advice link posted above?
I doubt it advised you to open any project on an external drive.
If you have multiple projects, copy each .scriv folder to Documents on your C drive, into a dedicated sub-folder called Scrivener (after all why make life complicated).
Click into each of the .scriv folders and launch your projects from their respective .scrivx files.
As far as licensing goes, yes the download of Scrivener onto your new machine will ask you to enter the number, whatever it’s called. If you’ve lost it, contact L&L customer support.
In future, access your programs from the icon. Scrivener will remember where they are.

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