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2013-08-29 2013-08-29
about read only ini file + no longer needed to set read-only flag on non-writable ini file to avoid error message (martin) using user profile folder for INI files (martin)
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===== [[auto]] Auto-selecting Storage ===== ===== [[auto]] Auto-selecting Storage =====
-On startup, WinSCP is first looking for an INI file is located in the directory from which WinSCP was started ((Unless different location was forced using ''/ini'' switch.)). If it does not find one, it looks for presence of its key in registry (The key is created by installer, so installed WinSCP uses registry by default). If it does not find that either, it creates an INI file in the default location.+On startup, WinSCP first looks for an INI file in the directory, where WinSCP executable is stored in ((Unless different location was forced using ''/ini'' switch.)); and then in the user profile directory. If it does not find INI file in either location, it looks for presence of its key in registry (The key is created by installer, so installed WinSCP uses registry by default). If it does not find that either, it creates an empty INI file in the directory, where WinSCP executable is stored in. If that directory is not writable, it creates an empty INI file in user profile directory.
===== Checking What Store Is in Use ===== ===== Checking What Store Is in Use =====

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