ComputerMaster86 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Once a person has their program preferences tweaked to the way they want them, what CA system file is those settings stored in? Ideally, you should be able to back-up those settings in the event that something gets goofed up and those settings need to be re-adjusted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerMaster86 Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 I figured it out. I just had to replace the .ini file with my back-up copy and I got my settings back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Probably a good idea ....what is the location of the .ini file that worked , thx. KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I thought defaults and preferences could be saved as templates ??? Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 C:/My Documents/Chief Version you have DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 15 minutes ago, lbuttery said: I thought defaults and preferences could be saved as templates ??? Lew defaults can be imported from an existing plan , AFAIK Preferences cannot be and need to be set each new version , not sure if they are preserved with an Upgrade version to version though. ( ie migrated ) M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 7 minutes ago, DavidJPotter said: C:/My Documents/Chief Version you have DJP I assume you mean the CA Data folder David? I had looked there but only found a ssce.ini in a folder called lex..... is that it? M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 59 minutes ago, Kbird1 said: I assume you mean the CA Data folder David? I had looked there but only found a ssce.ini in a folder called lex..... is that it? M. Most all the .ini files I know of are related to spell checking and text details. I too would be very interested to know if there was a file that was storing my preferences that could be accessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Park Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Chief saves information in a variety of places. For a complete list of locations look at preferences. General>Folders will show all the locations data is stored. To find the location of the .ini files click the button under All Program Paths... and find the location of the Preferences Folder. (usually %appdata%\Roaming\Chief Architect Inc.) I would use care copying .ini files from one version to another or from one machine to another. It is possible to get in a bad state doing this. Deleting the .ini file should allow defaults to be restored but you can do this within Chief in the preference dialog so I would recommend going that route. It does make sense to backup the data. Backup strategy article: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-01109/implementing-a-data-backup-strategy.html Related articles: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00091/backing-up-library-content.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00654/restoring-the-size-position-of-the-side-windows.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00775/managing-your-archive-plan-and-layout-files.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-01342/making-a-backup-copy-of-a-chief-architect-program-installer.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00001/migrating-chief-architect-to-a-new-computer.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00987/using-the-backup-entire-plan-tool.html A list of general file management articles: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/category/5/file-management.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 thanks Dan , never knew those were there .... for those unfamiliar with it , the AppData Folder is in your User Folder ...eg: C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Chief Architect Inc I have 4 .ini Files in there currently 2 from X9 , from x10 Beta..... M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Park Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 %appdata% is a variable name on windows and will take you directly to the folder. See the following for a more complete list: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/help/folder-variables If you are using a MAC use the preferences dialog to figure out where we put things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 7 minutes ago, Dan_Park said: %appdata% is a variable name on windows and will take you directly to the folder. See the following for a more complete list: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/help/folder-variables If you are using a MAC use the preferences dialog to figure out where we put things. Sweet. Thanks for the information Dan. I understand the risks involved. Its nice to know that there actually is a way to store more than one preference set up though...or at least a way to back my settings up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 If defaults (and other settings) can be exported/imported Then why not preferences ? It looks like everything is available already ? Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 16 hours ago, lbuttery said: If defaults (and other settings) can be exported/imported Then why not preferences ? It looks like everything is available already ? Lew Never quite understood that one myself , especially since they can be Migrated on an upgrade it seems..... however Defaults can only be Imported from an existing Drawing (AFAIK) eg your Template Plan , or from you current drawing to your Template Plan to Update it etc , you can't export them like Layer Sets, or Wall Definitions etc. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbuttery Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Mick: it is these inconsistencies that can drive a Chiefer to drink ;( Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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