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All programs should tell you where they store config files (utcc.utoronto.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by wet_lettuce@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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I wholeheartedly agree with this blog post. I believe someone on here yesterday was asking about config file locations and setting them manually. This is in the same vein. I can't tell you how many times a command line method for discovering the location of a config file would have saved me 30 minutes of googling.

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[-] techno156@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Unless it's using the Registry for some config values.

[-] I_Miss_Daniel@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

True. That's harder to track down.

[-] fartsinger@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Procmon if you're a masochist, or do a before and after snapshot. Here's one tool for the latter: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/registry_changes_view.html