Loading settings from custom location ?

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CookieMonster

Loading settings from custom location ?

Post by CookieMonster »

What is it called in XY when you can create custom folders for settings, icons etc so XY reads, rather from the default location but a custom location ?

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Re: Loading settings from custom location ?

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Are you talking about Advanced Topics - Admin Settings (via Admin.ini)?
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Re: Loading settings from custom location ?

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I have it setup at another computer; basically I place custom icons and all my settings are within a custom path on the computer, this would be related to admin.ini ?

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Re: Loading settings from custom location ?

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I would use the /ini command line switch.

E.g., for my release notes screenshots I start a parallel instance with its own settings, like this:

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E:\XY\XYplorer\XYplorer.exe /ini=E:\XY\XYplorer\appdata_screenshots\

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Re: Loading settings from custom location ?

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admin wrote:I would use the /ini command line switch.

E.g., for my release notes screenshots I start a parallel instance with its own settings, like this:

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E:\XY\XYplorer\XYplorer.exe /ini=E:\XY\XYplorer\appdata_screenshots\
The command line switch is different then the method I know I used previously; is there any method to which I can find out how I setup custom paths on another computer and give you the info and you can tell me the method used ?

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Re: Loading settings from custom location ?

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Define the desired path in the file "Startup.ini" like this:

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[Appdata]
Path=%appdata%\XYplorer
Replace "%appdata%\XYplorer" with your path.

Startup.ini should be where XYplorer.exe is.

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Re: Loading settings from custom location ?

Post by TheQwerty »

Why are you asking us to play this guessing game instead of just looking at how you've configured your other machine?

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