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mikeyww
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Settings are erroneously saved

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Although my config specifies that settings should not be saved on exit, sometimes they are saved anyway! The issue is with tabsets. I do not want them saved. I have set the MRU list without tabsets marked. I am not sure how to reproduce the problem, but it is certainly frustrating! The effect is that when I run XYplorer, I see the most recently used tabs instead of just my default tabs that I previously saved manually.

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Re: Settings are erroneously saved

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"Save changes to disk immediately"
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Re: Settings are erroneously saved

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SammaySarkar wrote: 21 Mar 2019 05:25 "Save changes to disk immediately"
This previous post is mysterious. I don't care what is saved immediately. I do not want my active tabsets automatically saved, regardless of timing. Furthermore, "Save changes to disk immediately" does not even refer to tabsets, so this post seems irrelevant. In addition, the behavior that I have described is not consistent. It is usually not a problem but sometimes is.

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Re: Settings are erroneously saved

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Oh right sorry. I don't know what I was thinking :oops:

Try disabling this: Configuration > Tabs and Panes > Tabs > Auto-save tabsets on switch
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Re: Settings are erroneously saved

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SammaySarkar wrote: 21 Mar 2019 11:41 Try disabling this: Configuration > Tabs and Panes > Tabs > Auto-save tabsets on switch
Thank you for the idea. Unfortunately, it will not work because that switch is already disabled.

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You unticked "Configuration | General | Startup & Exit | Save Settings | Save settings on exit", so nothing should be saved on Exit, regardless of any other ticks. And according to my code it is not saved. Are you sure the timestamps on those tabset files are set to the moment of app exit?

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admin wrote: 21 Mar 2019 16:35 You unticked "Configuration | General | Startup & Exit | Save Settings | Save settings on exit", so nothing should be saved on Exit, regardless of any other ticks. And according to my code it is not saved. Are you sure the timestamps on those tabset files are set to the moment of app exit?
Good idea for me to check this. I will do it as soon as the problem comes up next. I have experienced this problem several times and so am confident that the issue will continue to recur periodically, probably next at some point in the upcoming 1-2 weeks. I have even wondered if I am accidentally and unknowingly saving the tabset somehow, but I don't think so.

Stay tuned....

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Problem has recurred today. XYplorer is starting with my saved tabs plus one on the left that I did not explicitly save. "Panes" subdirectory's files are not timestamped today, except "2\t\tab_3.ini". Within the "Panes" folder are folders "1", "2", and "mike1". "1" and "2" have "pane.ini" and "t\pane.ini". In "2", both INI files list the same path under "General". In "1", "pane.ini" lists the correct path for the left side, but "t\pane.ini" lists the extra path that should not be appearing.

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Could it be that you ran a search in that pane?

Open that file "2\t\tab_3.ini", does it begin with something like this?

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; XYplorer 19.80.0126 configuration file: tabwise find settings

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Re: Settings are erroneously saved

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; XYplorer 19.80.0100 configuration file: tabwise find settings
; Windows 7 Professional (Service Pack 1), 64-bit, Build 7601
; 2019-03-27 18:58:44
Why would running a search save a tabset and open it on the next run? That would be unexpected.

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It should just save the find settings used for that search tab (and optionally the search results cache).

The tabset is not saved nor restored. At least I cannot reproduce this here.

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Thank you. I will report again when the problem recurs.

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I am running a portable installation in a directory called E:\data\utils\XYplorer\. Below are the contents of Startup.ini.

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[Appdata]
; Path=%appdata%\XYplorer
Path=E:\data\utils\XYplorer\Data
I closed the erroneous tab and then saved the tabset. Upon restarting XY, I still find that the erroneous tabset appears. Isn't this unexpected? File 1\t\pane.ini still lists the erroneous path.

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I think I know what to do: On "Exit without Saving" all temporary folders ("t\") under Panes are removed. Next version...

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Re: Settings are erroneously saved

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Thanks.

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