Softmaker 2021 writes >100MB Documents folder on start #22

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mschmidt · 2021-09-23T08:30:53+02:00

mhgschmidt commented

2021-09-23 08:30:53 +02:00

(Migrated from github.com)

Softmaker creates always a directory %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SoftMaker on start.
It also recreates this after a delete by the user. This slows down starting AND ending of all 3 applications.
This is unacceptable.

Also: The Backup function cannot be fully disabled via registry.

Solution:

Create .ini files in path %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SoftMaker\Settings
Set Subfolders in Documents\Softmaker to READ-ONLY state (this prevents the behaviour but it does not provoke an error message)

Example Ini-File (ofw21config.ini):
[ofw]
AutoSave=0
AutoTime=1
BackupType=0

Others:

Access rights:

C:\Users\mschmidt\Documents\SoftMaker>attrib /D
A C:\Users\mschmidt\Documents\SoftMaker\addressbook.sqlite
R C:\Users\mschmidt\Documents\SoftMaker\Backup
A C:\Users\mschmidt\Documents\SoftMaker\biblio.sqlite
R C:\Users\mschmidt\Documents\SoftMaker\Bullets
R C:\Users\mschmidt\Documents\SoftMaker\PlanMaker 2021 templates
R C:\Users\mschmidt\Documents\SoftMaker\Presentations 2021 designs
R C:\Users\mschmidt\Documents\SoftMaker\Samples
C:\Users\mschmidt\Documents\SoftMaker\Settings
R C:\Users\mschmidt\Documents\SoftMaker\TextMaker 2021 templates

attrib +R "Presentations 2021 designs"
etc. pp.

Softmaker creates *always* a directory %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SoftMaker on start. It also *recreates* this after a delete by the user. This slows down starting AND ending of all 3 applications. This is unacceptable. Also: The Backup function cannot be fully disabled via registry. Solution: - Create .ini files in path %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SoftMaker\Settings - Set Subfolders in Documents\Softmaker to READ-ONLY state (this prevents the behaviour but it does not provoke an error message) Example Ini-File (ofw21config.ini): [ofw] AutoSave=0 AutoTime=1 BackupType=0 Others: Access rights: ================ C:\Users\mschmidt\Documents\SoftMaker>attrib /D A C:\Users\mschmidt\Documents\SoftMaker\addressbook.sqlite R C:\Users\mschmidt\Documents\SoftMaker\Backup A C:\Users\mschmidt\Documents\SoftMaker\biblio.sqlite R C:\Users\mschmidt\Documents\SoftMaker\Bullets R C:\Users\mschmidt\Documents\SoftMaker\PlanMaker 2021 templates R C:\Users\mschmidt\Documents\SoftMaker\Presentations 2021 designs R C:\Users\mschmidt\Documents\SoftMaker\Samples C:\Users\mschmidt\Documents\SoftMaker\Settings R C:\Users\mschmidt\Documents\SoftMaker\TextMaker 2021 templates attrib +R "Presentations 2021 designs" etc. pp.

mschmidt referenced this issue from a commit

2022-06-19 19:13:21 +02:00

Issue #22

mschmidt commented

2022-06-19 19:22:12 +02:00

works!

mschmidt closed this issue

2022-06-19 19:22:14 +02:00

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