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2013-05-15 | 2013-08-29 | ||
Renaming Login/Preferences "tabs" to "pages" (martin) | about read only ini file + no longer needed to set read-only flag on non-writable ini file to avoid error message (martin) | ||
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You may also use an INI file in a different folder or with a different name using [[commandline|/ini switch]]. | You may also use an INI file in a different folder or with a different name using [[commandline|/ini switch]]. | ||
- | Particularly, when using shared INI file, or if you store the INI file to directory, where WinSCP does not have write access to, you can set read-only attribute to the INI file to prevent WinSCP from overwriting the file or failing, when writing to it. | + | ==== [[ini_readonly]] Read-Only INI File ==== |
+ | Particularly when using shared INI file, you can set read-only attribute to the INI file to prevent WinSCP from overwriting the file. | ||
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+ | When INI file directory or the file itself is not writable (for example when the INI file is in ''Program Files'' folder or when it is explicitly set read-only), WinSCP does not preserve its state when exiting. No error message is displayed. Only when you explicitly change configuration (such as when you save [[session_configuration|site]], or submit [[ui_preferences|Preferences dialog]]), an error is shown. | ||
===== [[auto]] Auto-selecting Storage ===== | ===== [[auto]] Auto-selecting Storage ===== |