About RCS user settings

Modified on Tue, 17 Mar at 9:37 AM

Foreword

When you use RCS, you adjust and customize a lot of settings.

It might be helpful to know where it is saved in the following situations:

deleting a corrupted file
keep settings when upgrading to a new version
moving settings to another computer / profile
force settings through GPO
...

Solution

Every adjustment / setting made by the user is saved in the user's profile, in different places.

As files

The files are by default located in some specific folders:

%APPDATA%\Strategies\<RCS_App_Name>\<Version>
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Strategies\<RCS_App_Name>\<Version>
<MyDocuments>\RCS Data

As registry

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Strategies\<RCS_App_Name>\<Version>\...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Strategies\<RCS_App_Name>\<Version>\...

When saved as a registry key, the final setting value is set using the following rule:

If registry key exists in HKEY_CURRENT_USER, use this value
Else if registry key exists in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, use this value
Otherwise, use default value

As some settings are used to specify some file / folder location, you should examine these values to have exhaustive knowledge of all the RCS settings locations.

Some examples

User workspace

Topic	Folder / file location
Shortcut bar	%APPDATA%\Strategies\<RCS_App_Name>\<Version>\<xxx>_shortcuts.xml
Menu and toolbar definition	%APPDATA%\Strategies\<RCS_App_Name>\<Version>\desktop.ini
Keyboard shortcuts	%APPDATA%\Strategies\<RCS_App_Name>\<Version>\hot_key.xml

Cutting

Topic	Folder / file location
Tools configuration	<MyDocuments>\RCS Data\Config-<Version>\Cutting
Cutting filters / options / control colors	%APPDATA%\Strategies\<RCS_App_Name>\<Version>\rx_pre_decoupe_cfig.xml
Retroprojection calibration	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Strategies\RCSCUT\<Version>\sc_retro_calib.xml
Vision : digital acamera calibration	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Strategies\RCSCUT\<Version>\<Camera_Name>-<Camera_Number>