Configuration file (B.) in Blender 2.6

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Hello, As I have to test various versions of Blender, I often have to setup again my own config of Blender.

In Blender 2.49 there was a B. file that could be copied into the new installed Blender folder, to setup quickly the same config as before.

Is there a way in Blender 2.6 to save and load the user config when installing a new version ? I haven’t found out how to do that.

I always used zip versions in separate folders to allow switching easily from a versio to an other one.

Thanks in advance.

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same principale then in 2.49

ctrl-u

only time you need to copy the start file from 2.6
is when changing from let say 2.62 to 2.63
then you have to find this start file and manually copy it to your local blender folder file if on windows

otherwise the new SVN will get the right set up automatically from the local blender set up folder!

hope it helps

happy 2.6

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Well, it doesn’t help in fact !

Ctrl U allows to save a configuration, but all the problem is here :

then you have to find this start file

I don’t find this file. I don’t know its name, and the B. file doesn’t seem to exist any more.

Any clue about the name of this file ?

EDIT :

After saving a new setup with Ctrl U, the most recent files seem to be in the path below, but I fear that copying the whole folder and pasting it in an other version could break some things in Blender…

2.61/scripts/startup/bl_ui/pycache

Is it this folder ?

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ok depends are you on windows?

startupfolder1.JPG423×637 29.3 KB

name = startup

this startup file contains all the themes set up and GUI set up path ect…

and Crl-u will save you current configuration in this file too !

thanks

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Thank you RickyBlender. Yes, I am using Windows 7 x64.

The problem is that when using Zip versions of Blender, this file seem to not exist !

There is no structure like yours with one Blender folder with 2.52, 2.53 to 2.61 version. All versions have their own individual Blender folder and they don’t share a single config folder.

There is no config folder and no startup.blend file (at least I havent found them). I have only found a startup folder in the script path with subfolders and around one hundred of python files.

EDIT :

I have downloaded the exe (installer) version of Blender 2.61 instead of the Zip version, and installed it, with the Path C:/Blender Foundation/Blender…

No more success. The files are not there.

EDIT ;

I have supposed that I had to create the startup.blend file and the config folder by hand, instead of expecting them to be righ there out of the box after installation. So I have saved a startup.blend file, built a config folder with the startup.blend put inside…

No more result !

Thanks in advance for any suggestion !

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Ctrl+U will create the startup.blend file. If the file does not exist it just uses the default settings.
Each version of blender has its own config folder. When you then first start a new version there is an option on the splash screen to copy your existing settings.
Note in the User preferences you have the option to set file paths to various things like scripts.

Directory Layout http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Introduction/Installing_Blender/DirectoryLayout

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Ctrl+U will create the startup.blend file.
Each version of blender has its own config folder.

Well, I’m sorry to say that it is not the case on my system ! No config folder, and no startup.blend file !

I have installed many versions of Blender since I switched to 2.5x and I always have to setup my config by hand because I can’t find the config folder. I have even enabled the display of hidden and system files without success.

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C: / Users / [user name] / AppData / Roaming / Blender Foundation / Blender /

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Thanks, Richard !

I have just found the path. I wouldn’t have expected that, as I had never used the installer, and I had simply used Zip versions.

Is there a possibility to change this path in Blender interface ?

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ROUBAL. if you create a folder “config” in your blender/2.61 folder the startup.blend is created after first ctrl+u.
I use this often in branches to get setups different from my standard setup.

Cheers, mib.

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sorry i forgot to mention i still have 2.49 installed
so that’s why the other set of foldesr in app folder i think

but if you have only the ZIP it might create it also !

i any case after unziping the latest SVN for 2.6 it will had a new folder for that version
but no start file ok

to have a start file you must first create it with Ctrl-U then the start file exist
and be used by all other SVN you get after that

untill there is a change in the blenderorg version like from 2.5 to 2.6
then it will create a new folder for that new serie of SVN and you ahave to manually copy your saved set up in start file ounce
frm the older folder under App folder !

hope you understand

happy 2.6

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@mib2berlin : Thanks ! It works ! I have put a copy of the folder found in the “native” path, including the other files. I don’t know if they are important. I had tried before with a home made startup.blend file, but the file wasn’t updated when typing Ctrl U.

I have spent hours on that trouble, and would have spent more without your help !

A big thank you everyone… ;o)

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you don’t have the App folder on window 7 ?

salutations

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Yes, I have it, but I didn’t expect the startup file to be at this location while using only Zip files containing everything needed !

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yes like i said each time you get a new release by blender org it creates a new folder in the app folder
and that’s where the the startup file is saved
but it has to be created the fist time
unless you copy it from the older folder alrady there !

even when you use the zip or SVN from graphcal org!

so have fun with 2.6

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