Reset settings.

[Gandolf]

Is there a way to reset the INI file to the default settings for a V6 portable version on a USB stick?.

If I delete the INI file, V6 simply reads the V5 registry settings.

Short of exporting the V5 registry settings, deleting them, running V6, exporting settings to an ini file then importing the V5 registry settings, I can't think of a way. That seems fraught, with the possibility I might corrupt my V5 settings.

[nikos]

instead of an empty INI try to give it some dummy content eg

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[xplorer2_UC]
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not sure if that will work but try it
to reset REGISTRY settings without losing the lot see here www.zabkat.com/blog/reset-registry-settings.htm

[Gandolf]

Thanks, that works, provided I use the "/I" command line option on the link, otherwise V6 picks up the registry settings for V5.

I had already read the blog, but that refers to the registry only. Perhaps you should add "how to set the ini file".

[nikos]

it's all about location, where you drop the INI file. If you keep the default name xplorer2 should pick it automatically

[Gandolf]

SHOULD, but it doesn't!!

I have V5 installed "C:\Program Files\zabkat\xplorer2_ult\xplorer2_64.exe" and using the registry "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ZabaraKatranemia Plc".

I extracted the V6 files from the installer (using 7-Zip) to a USB stick "P:\xplorer2_ult 6.0.0.3\".

The ini file is on that stick "P:\xplorer2_ult 6.0.0.3\x2settings.ini".

If the ini file is

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[xplorer2_UC]
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The first time I run x² it gets the settings from the registry - I know because V6 opens with V5 tabs, and doesn't quite know what to do with the toolbars.

Once I run V6, save the settings to the ini file, then it will pick up the ini file from the USB stick with or without the /I option.

It's as if V6 (portable) will go for the registry if it can in preference to the ini file. As you know, if I try to run the advanced settings I get the error:

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Cannot find registry information for xplorer2_UC
Please run xplorer2 first

For LITE version settings use /A command line switch

but the registry entry is there "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ZabaraKatranemia Plc\xplorer2_UC".

Confused? I AM

[Gandolf]

A suggestion for resetting x².

Rather than naming the key:
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ZabaraKatranemia Plc\xplorer2_UC
name it:
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ZabaraKatranemia Plc\xplorer2_UC.reset".

That way it will create a new key called "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ZabaraKatranemia Plc\xplorer2_UC.reset" which can be loaded into x² as a new window. Changes can then be made to that window, and saved as whatever name you want.

It appears to work. Any problems that I have missed (there is sure to be something obvious!!).