2.28a not saving user prefs?

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I’ve got a fresh install of 2.28a on my XP box and cannot get it to save my user prefs.

Is anyone else having this problem?

I delete .B.blend and it will recreate it when I re-launch blender, but when I use CTRL-U to save the prefs, it doesn’t save.

I’ve even tried setting up things the way I want and saving the scene directly as .B.blend and it still loads the original default scene.

Any suggestions?

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Works ok here. CVS version though, but I didn’t read anything about clearly a bug that would do this, so I doubt this matters much.

Martin

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Don’t delete the B.Blend. Just set up your new user prefs and hit Ctrl-U. It needs that file to overwrite.

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I didn’t delete B.blend until after trying to save preferences normally…

Here’s what I just tried:

  • Uninstalled blender using Add/Remove progs in XP.
  • Manually deleted the blender install folder.
  • Reinstalled Blender
  • Launched Blender
  • Delted the default plane
  • Hit CTRL-U and pressed enter to accept the change.
  • CTRL-Q to quit.
  • Launched blender again.
  • default plane is still there…
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pressed enter to accept the change.

Left-click ‘Save User Defaults?’

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heh heh… tried that too.

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OK, I’ve heard of people having problems saving defaults inadvertantly and not knowing how they got there, but this is the first time I have ever heard of anyone not being able to get it working. I’m out of suggestions.

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Also just reinstalled and made sure to use the default install folder (as I had changed the install path all previous times).

Still no go… :frowning:

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you can create it manually anyway.

Just save it as .b.blend and place it where it should be.

Martin

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That’s the problem… it creates the file fine… but doesn’t load it.

When I use CTRL-U to save the defaults, it creates .B.blend in c:\blender288a.blender\ (c:\blender288a is my install folder).

I can delete the file and as soon as I save defaults, it creates it again just fine.

However, when I restart blender or hit ctrl-x, it is NOT loading that b.blend file.

I can manually load that b.blend file and my prefs are there… but blender won’t do it automatically.

This would be a small inconvenience, however, this method is not saving my paths or any of that, just whatever scene data I’ve set up.

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I also just downloaded 2.25 and saving user prefs works just fine with it…

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delete .B.blend from your windows directory*

in older versions of blender that is where it was, and 2.28a will use that one if it exists. But it writes it to:
c:\documents and settings\username\application data\blender.B.blend

*err. .B.blend may not be in your windows directory, do a file search for it.

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Did the file search and it only turns up in c:\blender228a.blender

I’m up and going, but still not properly.

However, here is my workaround if anyone is interested:

  • Uninstalled all instances of blender.
  • Installed Blender2.25.
  • Installed Blender 2.28a.
  • Launch 2.25 and adjust settings.
  • Save defaults within 2.25.
  • Launch 2.28a and it loads the same defaults.
  • However, changing and saving defaults within 2.28 has no effect.
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there probably still having some problem with the unified path system, or whatever it’s called. The .blender directory was create to contain all the special file (translation file and user pref), but it seems like it’s not completely finish.

Martin