We have a number of users who's User Preferences keep resetting.
I have preference seed files set up and defined on the network. If I delete my user preferences and re-open ms or pd then they will copy those defined. However, after working for a while some users find that the pref reset to 'default preferences', losing our customisation. When checking through config variables, the prefs are reading the correct files in correct locations, yet are somehow resetting on the fly from a local copy????
getting very frustrating
Hi Duncan
In CE there are paths that you can set that point to a server location. However, there are also paths that you cannot set. These are located in the local users PC.
C:\Users\ilapper\AppData\Local\Bentley\MicroStation\10.0.0
In these folders there are also user preferences. You need to reset these are well.
The easiest way to do this is to copy the MS CE icon to the desktop
Right click - Properties
Edit the Target: "C:\Program Files\Bentley\MicroStation CONNECT Edition\MicroStation\microstation.exe" -RestoreDefault
Run this icon and press OK
Delete the icon
Give it a try.
Ian
H Ian,
I ran this but cannot see that it actually done anything.
My issue is with the prefs just randomly resetting to the delivered defaults and not my UserPrefSeed as defined.
Our users move around alot so I need to keep these on the server, it's a pain that I cannot point the ucf to the server also but anyway....
As Ian says, User prefs have to be local in Connect. Putting them on the network is not supported.
Hi Duncan, I disagree.
Only the user ucf is (annoyingly) prevented from re-routing and must be located locally. All prefs are capable of re-routing.If not, why has bentley not locked _USTN_HOMEROOT and _USTN_HOMEPREFS variables like it has with the user config file
Bentley may recommend that prefs are local(as they did in V8i) however, until they provide a solution that works with hot-desking (for want of a better description) I will continue to store mine on the server.
Yes it may result in the odd corruption of prefs(which happens locally also in anycase) but this is no big issue. Main issue is that they do not reset to the defined UserPrefSeed, which whether I keep my prefs local or network, should be the case.
Yes, sorry you are correct. I was thinking of the UCF having to be local.