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Changing Location of CodeBlocks Directory
Mr. Awesome:
My original installation of CodeBlocks was under Program Files (I'm WinXP btw), but I would like to move to the root of the C drive. This is mostly for convenience but partly because that's the only place it can detect and properly set the icons for file associations. When I simply move it, opening any settings window gives me an error message of all these things it can't find because the path is now invalid. What do I need to change so CodeBlocks knows where it is?
killerbot:
2 questions :
- which version of CB are you using ?
- setings window of CB ? Could you state the error message explicitly ??
TDragon:
As with any sizable program, Code::Blocks saves all the settings choices each user makes. (In the current revision and under Windows, they're saved in Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\codeblocks.) Right now, C::B is a little brittle when it comes to paths changing, so the easiest thing to do would be to delete your settings directory so that C::B will regenerate everything from the defaults next time you run it.
P.S. -- If you're running version 1.0rc2, I'd highly recommend upgrading to one of the nightly builds which fix many of the bugs (albeit adding some new ones) and are more feature rich. Check the Nightly Builds forum for the latest.
Mr. Awesome:
Thanks for the suggestions. I'm currently using the last stable release of CodeBlocks. I may try installing a nightly build, but I always seem to have trouble with CVS/SVN like things. Actually, the main reason is that I don't want to have to re-enter all of my settings (esp code coloring). Where is the settings file for my version of CodeBlocks (1.0)?
Michael:
--- Quote from: Mr. Awesome on January 28, 2006, 06:04:18 am ---I may try installing a nightly build, but I always seem to have trouble with CVS/SVN like things.
--- End quote ---
For a nightly build you do not need CVS/SVN :). Only if you would like to get the sources. Anyway TortoiseSVN is really simple to use (at leasat for basic tasks).
Michael
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