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Re: The "Users" directory under NT

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• 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.
• References: <6ournl$jg8@smc.vnet.net>
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In article <6ournl$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.

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