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Re: General Settings file?
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lugnet.cad.mlcad
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Sun, 30 Nov 2003 02:23:40 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Mark Chittenden wrote:
> Being a student, it is not often I get to work on the same computer. I'll go to
> the computer lab, find a machine that's open, login with my student account and
> bingo, a new computer session. Due to how the school has the computer access
> setup, I generally only have read/write access to one folder (My Documents), and
> when I logoff, any files saved locally that session are deleted. I carry my
> ldraw & mlcad files on a CD. I copy the MLCAD files to the hard-drive of the
> computer I am using (usually into the My Documents folder), and save the models
> I am working on onto a floppy. When I first start MLCad, of course I have to
> tell it that the ldraw directory is on the CD drive instead of the hard-drive.
> So far, no problem. But everytime I first start MLCad on a machine, the General
> Settings & the Toolbars settings are always back to the default (i.e: black is
> the preview color for pieces, author is listed as MLCAD, the toolbars are
> stacked one per line, flushed left at the top of the screen, etc). What file has
> those settings so I can copy it to what-ever computer I am working on and not
> have to bother with setting them the way I want to every time I start a fresh
> session?
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> NOTE: It DOES keep the same (parts) group configuration I've made on my home
> machine, but my general settings always return to default. The copy of MLCAD on
> my CD is created from the current one on my home computer.
All the settings information is stored in the Windows registry. This mean that
you won't be able to copy the info to your cd, especially if you only have acces
to one folder.
The reaon that the groups are saved is that MLCad stores the group info in the
MLCad.grp file.
-Orion
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Actually, you should be able to export the settings from your main computer into a registry file. Then, put the file on the CD, and simply double click on it from Explorer to import the settings into the current registry. Before creating the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
| | | Re: General Settings file?
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| (...) I have the same situation as Mark Chittenden save that I use a Zip disk for everything. I now shall try out the registry export tactic. Thanks! --Ryan (URL) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | General Settings file?
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| Being a student, it is not often I get to work on the same computer. I'll go to the computer lab, find a machine that's open, login with my student account and bingo, a new computer session. Due to how the school has the computer access setup, I (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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