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I have just installed Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise (only the VC++ stuff) on a fresh Windows XP machine (Whoops, I had said 2000 - that may help). After installation I spent a great deal of time configuring the menus and toolbars just how I like them, but whenever I restart the damned dprogram everything reverts to it's factory settings! :mad: I have not yet installed any plugins as far as I am aware (none are in use either way), and I am running with Power User privalleges (not that I had any problems with it before). Please tell me there is a commonly known solution to this problem. Serious replies only please, as I am not in a good mood today. --= UPDATE =-- As an experiment I just installed Windows XP on a new partition (3x80 GB drives!), and installed VS 6 Ent again, this time with all the defaults. Same problem. :mad: None of my toolbar or menu settings are saved, but everything else is. :confused: Is this a known problem with VS 6 on Windows XP - 'cause I couldn't find anything on the MS KB. Or maybe CD1 of VS 6 has become corrupted? I'll format my latest attempt and stick Windows 2000 Pro back on and give it a shot to test that out. --= UPDATE 2 =-- Under Windows 2000 Pro it works as expected. This is getting very confusing now. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk Sonork ID: 100.9977 Dave
Try installing SP5 for VS6. Jason Gerard
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Try installing SP5 for VS6. Jason Gerard
Have done - no difference. :(( ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk Sonork ID: 100.9977 Dave
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Have done - no difference. :(( ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk Sonork ID: 100.9977 Dave
Are you logged in as Administrator?**
Todd Smith
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No, but I have all the necessary privaleges (and i've tried under the admin account with no difference). It is strange because all the other settings are being stored, just not the menu and toolbar customisations. Does anybody know what the *.pkg files in the msdev98 directory do? Maybe one of those has become corrupted. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk Sonork ID: 100.9977 Dave
Hmmm. David, this might actually mean that you might even have to try reinstalling it [over install it rather] Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org
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No, but I have all the necessary privaleges (and i've tried under the admin account with no difference). It is strange because all the other settings are being stored, just not the menu and toolbar customisations. Does anybody know what the *.pkg files in the msdev98 directory do? Maybe one of those has become corrupted. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk Sonork ID: 100.9977 Dave
So you start MSDEV make a change to a toolbar/keyboard binding and then exit and it doesn't save? Or are you doing something else like changing the toolbar layout during a debug session and then aborting? Something it wont save unless it exits properly.**
Todd Smith
CPUA 0x007 ... shaken not stirred
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Are you logged in as Administrator?**
Todd Smith
CPUA 0x007 ... shaken not stirred
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No, but I have all the necessary privaleges (and i've tried under the admin account with no difference). It is strange because all the other settings are being stored, just not the menu and toolbar customisations. Does anybody know what the *.pkg files in the msdev98 directory do? Maybe one of those has become corrupted. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk Sonork ID: 100.9977 Dave
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So you start MSDEV make a change to a toolbar/keyboard binding and then exit and it doesn't save? Or are you doing something else like changing the toolbar layout during a debug session and then aborting? Something it wont save unless it exits properly.**
Todd Smith
CPUA 0x007 ... shaken not stirred
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Todd Smith wrote: So you start MSDEV make a change to a toolbar/keyboard binding and then exit and it doesn't save? Keyboard bindings save (I just tried one), but toolbar and menu customisations (noth the commands and the positions of the bars themselves) do not get saved between sessions. MSDEV shuts down correctly, it does not hang around like it sometimes does, everything closese down cleanly. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk Sonork ID: 100.9977 Dave
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Hmmm. David, this might actually mean that you might even have to try reinstalling it [over install it rather] Nish My most recent CP article :- A newbie's elementary guide to spawning processes www.busterboy.org
Done that too. I have tried isntalling from scratch ona a new parition (again with Windows XP) and it didn't work, I tried repairing the installation, it didn't work, I tried swearing abuse at the machine, that didn't work either. :(( I guess someone is trying to tell me to switch back to Windows 2000. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk Sonork ID: 100.9977 Dave
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The last instance to exit will overwrite the settings. I have a keyboard.reg, textedit.reg and format.reg which have the following keys saved [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\DevStudio\6.0\Keyboard] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\DevStudio\6.0\Format] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\6.0\Text Editor] this way I can setup a new machine asap with all my settings (minus add-ins of course those are more annoying).**
Todd Smith
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Yep, same here - been doing that for years, back when VC5 did what David is now seeing in XP. Must be the Todd Effect hehehe
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No, but I have all the necessary privaleges (and i've tried under the admin account with no difference). It is strange because all the other settings are being stored, just not the menu and toolbar customisations. Does anybody know what the *.pkg files in the msdev98 directory do? Maybe one of those has become corrupted. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk Sonork ID: 100.9977 Dave
David Wulff wrote: Does anybody know what the *.pkg files in the msdev98 directory do? They are the parts of the dev studio - dlls renamed. Find a copy of validate.exe from McAfee and run it: Validate v3.0.0 (c)1994-1998 Network Associates, Inc. and its Affiliated Companies. All Rights Reserved. Directory of C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO\COMMON\MSDEV98\BIN DEVEDIT PKG 774193 06-02-99 1:00a D1C4 6526 DEVEDIT.PKG DEVPRJ PKG 389168 06-02-99 1:00a 9F31 EC5E DEVPRJ.PKG Validate v3.0.0 (c)1994-1998 Network Associates, Inc. and its Affiliated Companies. All Rights Reserved. Directory of C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO\COMMON\MSDEV98\BIN\IDE DEVDTG PKG 487476 06-17-98 1:00a 5AE7 AE5E DEVDTG.PKG DEVAUT1 PKG 167989 06-02-99 1:00a 4777 88EE DEVAUT1.PKG DEVBIED PKG 73781 06-17-98 1:00a B2C0 EDE5 DEVBIED.PKG DEVBLD PKG 1167412 06-02-99 1:00a A923 1197 DEVBLD.PKG DEVCLVW PKG 311349 06-02-99 1:00a 6A4E 952A DEVCLVW.PKG DEVCPP PKG 589890 03-08-00 1:00a 00B5 E1C2 DEVCPP.PKG DEVDBG PKG 585794 03-14-00 1:00a 3B53 86CF DEVDBG.PKG DEVGAL PKG 311366 06-17-98 1:00a 5BF0 573F DEVGAL.PKG DEVHTMX PKG 53301 06-17-98 1:00a DB0C AEC7 DEVHTMX.PKG DEVNCB PKG 114740 06-17-98 1:00a 5886 B2C9 DEVNCB.PKG DEVODL PKG 217140 06-17-98 1:00a 3A8D AA0F DEVODL.PKG DEVRES PKG 1544244 06-17-98 1:00a 09DD D8A8 DEVRES.PKG DEVTOOL PKG 81973 06-17-98 1:00a 252C A0D5 DEVTOOL.PKG DEVHELP PKG 28748 06-17-98 1:00a 6985 1CA6 DEVHELP.PKG If these numbers don't match, then you've got something foobard. But I doubt this is the problem.
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Todd Smith wrote: So you start MSDEV make a change to a toolbar/keyboard binding and then exit and it doesn't save? Keyboard bindings save (I just tried one), but toolbar and menu customisations (noth the commands and the positions of the bars themselves) do not get saved between sessions. MSDEV shuts down correctly, it does not hang around like it sometimes does, everything closese down cleanly. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk Sonork ID: 100.9977 Dave
Try this as a last resort: Boot your Win2000 machine with VC6 that has your settings the way you like them. Export the CurrentUser\Software\Microsoft\Developer, CurrentUser\Software\Microsoft\DevStudio, and LocalMachine\Software\Microsoft\DevStudio from RegEdit to a set of .REG files. Copy these to your XP machine. Import them, and see if VC6 on XP uses these settings. If they do not, then there is some problem with XP.
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No, but I have all the necessary privaleges (and i've tried under the admin account with no difference). It is strange because all the other settings are being stored, just not the menu and toolbar customisations. Does anybody know what the *.pkg files in the msdev98 directory do? Maybe one of those has become corrupted. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk Sonork ID: 100.9977 Dave
Try using regmon to see if the registry is giving you an access denied or something like that. Crivo Automated Credit Assessment
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I have just installed Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise (only the VC++ stuff) on a fresh Windows XP machine (Whoops, I had said 2000 - that may help). After installation I spent a great deal of time configuring the menus and toolbars just how I like them, but whenever I restart the damned dprogram everything reverts to it's factory settings! :mad: I have not yet installed any plugins as far as I am aware (none are in use either way), and I am running with Power User privalleges (not that I had any problems with it before). Please tell me there is a commonly known solution to this problem. Serious replies only please, as I am not in a good mood today. --= UPDATE =-- As an experiment I just installed Windows XP on a new partition (3x80 GB drives!), and installed VS 6 Ent again, this time with all the defaults. Same problem. :mad: None of my toolbar or menu settings are saved, but everything else is. :confused: Is this a known problem with VS 6 on Windows XP - 'cause I couldn't find anything on the MS KB. Or maybe CD1 of VS 6 has become corrupted? I'll format my latest attempt and stick Windows 2000 Pro back on and give it a shot to test that out. --= UPDATE 2 =-- Under Windows 2000 Pro it works as expected. This is getting very confusing now. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk Sonork ID: 100.9977 Dave
David Wulff wrote: After installation I spent a great deal of time configuring the menus and toolbars just how I like them, but whenever I restart the damned dprogram everything reverts to it's factory settings! I have consistently had a similar problem with VC++ 6.0 Prof. under NT 4.0 and 2000 Prof. I have reported the problem many times and asked advice on CodeProject and the Microsoft newsgroups, but no soap. My problem is that some, but not all, of my customizations are forgotten. My menu customizations sort of persist, but if I rename menu entries (e.g., rename the menu item for the macro JMG_Insert_CVS_Header to "Insert CVS Header") the IDE remembers the new name once, but the second time I start the IDE after renaming the menu item, it forgets the new name and reverts to the name of the macro. This behavior is 100% reproducible under several computers.