Thread: [Dev-C++] Re: Config lost on Win2000 logoff

>On my install of Win2000, which is set up for a network login, whenever I 
>log off all the global configuration settings for Dev-Cpp are lost, and 
>the next time I log in and start Dev-Cpp, it is as if I am running for the 
>first time. Where are those settings stored, so I can make sure they get 
>saved with my profile?

I finally found them. They are being stored in a local cache of my network 
settings, which is not replicated to the network on logoff. Apparently, 
they're supposed to be stored in the Application Data folder, but the 
"wrong" folder is being selected.

I think the issue here is that I am set up by a policy for Redirection. My 
profile's Application Data (among other things) is not stored locally at 
all, but is actually stored full time on the network. The Dev-Cpp config 
isn't being sent there; instead, it is going to a local directory under 
C:\Documents and Settings. Since the assumption is that things like that 
*should* be stored on the network, the logoff process does not upload 
locally stored Application Data to the network, hence the settings are lost 
every time.

After relocating the config files to their proper location on the network, 
indeed, problem solved.

So, anyway, I'm guessing this is a thing only when the Application Data 
folder is redirected to the network.

Thanks,

--- Kevin

>After relocating the config files to their proper location on the network, 
>indeed, problem solved.

Oops, I spoke too soon. After a complete purging of the local profile cache 
and a new login, Dev-Cpp is still attempting to look locally for the 
Application Data instead of respecting the redirection. So, I have to 
manually transer my settings from the network to the local folder Dev-Cpp 
wants.

Thanks,

--- Kevin