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| - | ====== Storage Tab (Preferences Dialog) ====== | + | ====== The Storage Page (Preferences Dialog) ====== |
| - | The Storage tab allows you to configure where and how WinSCP stores its data, including [[config|configuration]]. | + | The //Storage page// on the [[ui_preferences|Preferences dialog]] allows you to configure where and how WinSCP stores its data, including [[config|configuration]]. |
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| - | ===== Configuration Storage ===== | + | &toc_title_page_sections |
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| + | ===== [[configuration_storage]] Configuration Storage ===== | ||
| Check //Windows Registry// to store [[config|configuration]] to Windows registry. | Check //Windows Registry// to store [[config|configuration]] to Windows registry. | ||
| - | Check //INI file// to store [[config|configuration]] to an INI file. | + | Check //Automatic INI file// to store a configuration to an INI file in the [[config#ini|default location]]. |
| - | When you change a configuration storage, the configuration is automatically transfered for you (with exception of some caches). | + | Check //Custom INI file// to store a configuration into a custom [[local_path|local path]]. //This can be useful to [[guide_config_cloud|store the configuration to a folder shared over a cloud]].// Note that the location of a custom INI file is stored in Windows registry. |
| - | ===== Temporary Directory ===== | + | When you change a configuration storage, the configuration is automatically transferred for you. |
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| + | ===== [[temporary_directory]] Temporary Directory ===== | ||
| In the section //Temporary Directory// you can configure where should WinSCP store [[temp_folders|temporary files]]. | In the section //Temporary Directory// you can configure where should WinSCP store [[temp_folders|temporary files]]. | ||
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| When storing temporary copies of remote files (such as when [[task_edit|editing remote files]]), WinSCP can reflect the location of the remote files into path to local temporary copy. You can choose to //Append session name to temporary path// and/or to //Append remote path to temporary path//. | When storing temporary copies of remote files (such as when [[task_edit|editing remote files]]), WinSCP can reflect the location of the remote files into path to local temporary copy. You can choose to //Append session name to temporary path// and/or to //Append remote path to temporary path//. | ||
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| + | Check //Keep temporary copies of remote files in deterministic paths// to make WinSCP avoid using random part of the path to local copies of remote files. It also makes WinSCP retain the copies even after exit.((Does not affect ==temporary files== used when [[task_move_duplicate#duplicate|duplicating remote files]] and executing local [[custom_command|custom commands]] with remote files.)) | ||
| Checkbox //Cleanup obsolete temporary directories on startup// enables [[temp_folders#cleanup|cleanup of obsolete temporary directories on startup]]. Use checkbox //Ask before cleanup// to enable/disable confirmation before the cleanup. | Checkbox //Cleanup obsolete temporary directories on startup// enables [[temp_folders#cleanup|cleanup of obsolete temporary directories on startup]]. Use checkbox //Ask before cleanup// to enable/disable confirmation before the cleanup. | ||
| - | ===== Other ===== | + | ===== [[other]] Other ===== |
| - | In //Random seed file// box you can specify [[local_path|local path]] where should WinSCP store randomly generated data it uses on startup to seed its encryption random number generator. | + | In //Random seed file// box you can specify [[local_path|local path]] where WinSCP should store randomly generated data it uses on startup to seed its encryption random number generator. |
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| + | ===== Further Reading ===== | ||
| + | Read more about [[ui_preferences|Preferences dialog]] and its other [[ui_preferences#pages|pages]]. | ||