Location of .Vue File Can Be Customized (147589)

SUMMARY

The personal options (click Options on the Tools menu) are saved in a file named <username>.vue. For Microsoft Windows version 3.x and Microsoft Windows 95, the file is stored in the WINDOWS directory, and for Microsoft Windows NT, this file is stored in the WINNT35 directory, by default.

Users and administrators concerned about the security of the WINNT35 directory have the ability to modify the registry and specify a different location for the .vue file.

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The following value can be added to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER
 Software
  Microsoft
   Schedule+
    Application:
     OptionsFilePath=<drive>:\<path>\<filename>.vue

For example, assume that Joe Smith has a user name of JSmith and his home directory is mapped to the H: drive. Therefore, the following value could be entered:

   OptionsFilePath=H:\jsmith\user.vue

As long as he has Change permissions for this directory, the preferences file can be accessed and modified.