I understand that it can be initialized by the following two methods,
(A) Edit -> Preferences -> Reset
(B) delete %AppData%\FreeCAD\user.cfg
but It seems that the panel settings remains somewhere below.
(showing / hiding, positioning, and size of Combo, Report, Python, Selection View)
Is there a way to initialize everything?
(install it on that PC for the first time)
It's not important, but I'm curious.
Initialize the Settings
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Re: Initialize the Settings
There is also a file system.cfg. It is best to delete the whole folder %AppData%\FreeCAD\.
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Re: Initialize the Settings
Doing that will still not reset everything. Some Qt related stuff is stored in the Registry on Windows.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\FreeCAD\FreeCAD\Qt5.15
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\FreeCAD\FreeCAD\Qt5.15
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Re: Initialize the Settings
(A) <Folders & Files> %AppData%\FreeCAD\*
(B) <Registry> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\FreeCAD\FreeCAD
Delete (A) (B) ---> Start & Exit FreeCAD ---> Initialized (A) (B) is restored
I think the initialization was successful.
I had a prediction up to the point where Qt was involved,
The registry was a blind spot.
Thank you for advice!
(B) <Registry> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\FreeCAD\FreeCAD
Delete (A) (B) ---> Start & Exit FreeCAD ---> Initialized (A) (B) is restored
I think the initialization was successful.
I had a prediction up to the point where Qt was involved,
The registry was a blind spot.
Thank you for advice!
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Re: Initialize the Settings
Is this documented somewhere in the wiki? I've seen many posts of people trying to reset their UI and failing because nobody told them about the windows registry
Re: Initialize the Settings
Not to my knowledge. Do you know how this is handled on MacOS and Linux?
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Re: Initialize the Settings
On linux (or at least on KDE) I believe there are some window properties settings saved at .config/FreeCAD or .config/freecadrc I'll have to check to make sure but this could very well be window manager dependant, on macOS no clue