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Where does GExperts store its settings and how to I move them to a new computer?

April 26, 2017Computer gexperts settings store

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Where does GExperts store its settings and how to I move them to a new computer?

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GExperts stores its settings under the IDE’s registry key. For example, for GExperts 1.3x: Delphi 2009: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CodeGear\BDS\6.0\GExperts-1.3\ BDS 2006: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Borland\BDS\4.0\GExperts-1.3\ Delphi 7: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Borland\Delphi\7.0\GExperts-1.3\ Because of this, you can transport your configuration settings to a new computer by opening regedit.exe, finding the appropriate registry key, exporting the key to a .reg file (using the Registry menu), and then executing the .reg file on the new machine. Data storage files other than configuration settings are stored in the GExperts storage directory you have defined in the GExperts Configuration dialog. This includes data storage for things like Favorite Files, Macro Templates, Code Proofreader, Clipboard History, Macro Library, and Code Librarian snippets. You can freely copy those files to a new computer with the same version of GExperts installed. The data storage files are in a standard