SRP Editor configuration file

prattspets

Where do you store the configuration file that holds all the settings and options that are created in the SRP Editor?

KevinFournier

Everything except the auto text settings are in the registry at Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SRP\SRPEditor.

prattspets

Thanks

blinkm

Is there a quick way to restore the defaults?

KevinFournier

If you open RegEdit, go to "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SRP\SRPEditor", and delete all the values in that location, you've essentially reset all options.

blinkm

Thank you Kevin!

BarryStevens

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SRP\SRPEditor

Is this still where favorites are stored - under each account name

I can see where they should be getting picked up, but are not.
I had to 'reinstall' srp_editor as I appeared to have lost it - maybe that caused an issue.

this is my registry entry where I see all the favorites:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SRP\SRPEditor\D__NEW_CHRIS_STUFF_OInsight10\PBC\FAVORITES
This is the folder I am running from:

D:\_NEW_CHRIS_STUFF\OInsight10

KevinFournier

Is this after updating to the latest version? 3.4.2?

BarryStevens

Yes.

KevinFournier

I've tried to recreate this in OI 10 on my end, but my favorites seem to be saving. So I can better understand the problem, are your favorites never saving at all, or did you just lose your favorites one time after upgrading? Is it the favorites list itself not saving or is it not remembering the files that were left open?

BarryStevens

>>just lose your favorites one time after upgrading?
Yes

vince

@BarryStevens, just to clarify, is the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\...\FAVORITES essentially empty, or is the key populated with names that you expect to see in the editor? If the latter, the value of the "(Default)" string may be zero. If you change it to a number no more than the number of filename entries in the key, you should then see them in the editor as well.

At least, this has worked for me. Periodically I lose my files in "Favorites" and "Open Windows." In fact, it happened recently, possibly after I ran the installer for 3.4.2.2 (though I cannot be on this last point). Changing "(Default)" in the FAVORITES and OFL keys to a positive number fixes the problem.

On the other hand, if no filenames appear in your FAVORITES key, I don't know how you can recover the entries. I am still running OI9; no idea if anything changed for OI10.

BarryStevens

Yes I see them. Thanks, I will check it out

BarryStevens

Yep, that fixed it.
Thanks

vince

I'm glad I could help. And finally I have contributed something to this very helpful forum.

AusMarkB

Everything except the auto text settings are in the registry at Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SRP\SRPEditor.

And may I ask where I would find the auto text?
I haven't required the auto text for a while and I went to use it today and my options are things I wrote several years ago. I'm curious as to where my current auto text may have ended up.

KevinFournier

Auto text is stored in:

%AppData%\SRP\SRP Editor

AusMarkB

Hhhmmm, the plot thickens.

Now that you've given me the lead, I see that it's %AppData%\Roaming\SRP\SRP Editor, so I'll assume that's what you meant.
The text in that folder is definitely consistent with what I'm seeing in the Editor. What confuses me is that they all have a modified date of just shy of three weeks ago, but the contents are from 2022 at the latest and some of them as early as 2015.

It's not a big deal, I'll just set them up again as I need them; it's just left me scratching my head as to how they rolled back.

KevinFournier

In my system, %AppData% went to roaming, so yes, you were in the right place. These files get written every time you click Apply in the Options dialog, which likely explains the date.