Tools/Options.../Run in portable mode
| System Default: | No (if no config.xml file present) |
Enabling this option (ie. checking the box) tells Explorer++ to save and fetch all its settings in an XML (config.xml) file, located in the installation folder, usually ...\Program Files\Explorer++ v1.2 (your version might be different). An XML file is a text file, structured hierarchically to enable Explorer++ to re-construct its settings, etc. at program startup.
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Info: At startup, Explorer++ (v1.2) always looks for a valid XML file in the correct location, and if it is found loads it and uses those settings. The actual setting value for portable mode is not saved, either in the Windows registry, or in the XML. |
If Explorer++ is currently using portable mode (ie. XML file), and it is desired to switch back to using the Windows registry, the XML file must be either
- deleted, or
- renamed (eg. config.xml.bak)
and the portable mode option must be disabled (ie. clear the checkbox) prior to closing Explorer++, to avoid re-writing the XML file. Note that Explorer++ creates the XML file (if this setting is enabled) immediately upon closing the options dialog.
