I recently switched to Microstation SS4 and am having some issues with the preferences saving.
Upon start up of the program, it will default to the "examples" user every time no matter which user was used last. It will also only save Microstation preferences (ie mouse configuration, dual screens, or auto table settings) when working under the "examples" user. This is an issue because I need to set up a personal user and have the local DOT as the project. When I am in a created user .ucf with the DOT set as my project, it will not save any Microstation settings. Upon closing Microstation, the date modified will update on the .ucf file I have created, but the next time I enter Microstation, all of the settings I configured will be lost.
I have tried deleting the "examples.ucf" and force it to start up with the user created .ucf, but it gives an coding error and will not start up Microstation until I restore the "Examples.ucf".
Is there any way I can set my Microstation up to start up and save preferences with the .ucf file of my choice. The "examples" user has no value to me because it does not have any of the DOT configurations which I work in exclusively.
Thanks,
Brandon
how do you launch MicroStation ? (IE: with a desktop icon) Where is the custom workspace located ? (IE:local machine, network, etc...)
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I launch it using a desktop icon. It is currently running on a local machine, but I have also tried using the company network without any luck.
right mouse click on the icon and go to properties. Look at the target. Are there any addition switches added after the ustation.exe ?
Here is the path in the target field.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries)\MicroStation\ustation.exe" -wsLoad_GEOPAK_SS4=1
did you create the user and project thru the MicroStation manager ? or was this done some other way ? and when at the MicroStation manager, are these choices available to you, it is just that they are not held/remembered the next time you start the product ?
The user was created through the Microstation manager. The project that was selected was supplied by the DOT. They are available as a selection, but they are not held or remembered the next time the product is started. None of the Microstation settings within the program are held from the created user either when it is re-opened.
locate the "prefs" folder where MicroStation is storing the user preferences file. Do you have read/write access to the folder and files located there ?
So i have located both pref folders. The examples user and the created user with the DOT project both route the pref to different folders (followed the paths in the workspace/config/ms_userpref). The dfltuser.cfg is located in the DOT pref folder and it updates to the created user whenever Microstation is opened or closed. I have read/write access in both of the folders.