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Locate global config directory on Windows » History » Revision 6

Revision 5 (Anchi Cheng, 11/08/2013 11:46 AM) → Revision 6/7 (Anchi Cheng, 05/27/2014 10:09 PM)

h2. Locate global configuration directory following standard on Windows 

 Saving cfg files in a global location reduces future need for copying old configuration to updated installation.    The location is different for different versions of Windows. To locate the one for your Windows version: 

 # go to C:\\python25\Lib\Site-Packages\leginon or C:\\python27\Lib\site-packages\leginon depending on the python version used 
 # run configcheck.py 

 The script gives the three search directories of the cfg files and the loaded file if present.    Note the first search directory that with a name most likely start with *C:\\Programs* and ends with *\myami*.    This is the *global configuration directory* we will use.