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** Windows: Running from USB drive [https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=38194]
** Windows: Running from USB drive [https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=38194]
** Windows (marked as obsolete, but no explanation why): BAT file [https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=49028]
** Windows (marked as obsolete, but no explanation why): BAT file [https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=49028]
** Windows: --user-cfg and BAT file [https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=210]

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Revision as of 13:38, 8 February 2021

Related forum posts

  • Configuring directories
    • From forum post [1]: "An (easier) alternative is to set the environment variable FREECAD_USER_DATA to point to the requested directory. The suggestion to set $HOME doesn't work. It does not even work under Linux because internally we don't check what's set to HOME but use some system specific API function instead."
    • Windows: Running from USB drive [2]
    • Windows (marked as obsolete, but no explanation why): BAT file [3]
    • Windows: --user-cfg and BAT file [4]

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This is mentioned on Download (Notes for GNU/Linux users), I wasn't sure if it would be better to put it in Start up and Configuration or on the Download page which already has a section for a portable Windows version. I believe the behaviour should be changed to adhere to the established standards on Linux ($XDG_… variables and $HOME and the .config, .cache, .local/share folders), which could then be documented. I have drafted a list of points that would need changing at User:Suzanne.soy/Data_storage:_RFC, please feel free to add some comments there. Suzanne Soy (talk) 05:17, 8 February 2021 (UTC)