Re: The "Users" directory under NT
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- Subject: [mg13404] Re: The "Users" directory under NT
- From: paulh (P.J. Hinton)
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 03:32:47 -0400
- Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
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In article <6ournl$jg8 at smc.vnet.net>, su27k at hotmail.com writes: |> I noticed that Mathematica 3.0 made a directory named "Users" under |> Windows NT. I suppose it is used to store configuration stuffs for |> different users. However, I already have directories for user-specific |> information, so I wonder if there's a way to change the default |> location of these configuration files? I checked the preference, but |> can't find an option for it. Could someone help me on this? Thanks. The location of the directory can be controlled by the environment variable MATHEMATICA_PREFERENCES, which specifies the path to the preferences. Evaluate the following expression in a notebook to bring up relevant online documentation: FrontEndExecute[FrontEnd`HelpBrowserLookup["GettingStarted", "File Layout (Windows)"]] It will be under the subsection labeled "Front End." You can change the environment variable via the System control panel. See the Windows NT documentation for further info on how this is done. -- P.J. Hinton Mathematica Programming Group paulh at wolfram.com Wolfram Research, Inc. http://www.wolfram.com/~paulh/ Disclaimer: Opinions expressed herein are those of the author alone.