ij_prefs.txt - can I change the location?

[Katie Nance]

Hello,

I've got a weird problem I'm hoping can be solved.

Upon closing out of ImageJ, I get an error saying that the ij_prefs.txt
file cannot be found. The reason for this is it is looking in a user
profile that does not exist, not my own. The user it is looking in has
never even logged onto the machine, so I don't know where it is getting
that path from.

Furthermore, having the preferences in any user profile at all will be an
issue along the road, since I am installing the program for a computer
image to deploy to multiple computers. Ideally, I'd like to put the
preference file into another folder altogether.

Is there any way to change this?

Thanks,
Katie Nance

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[ctrueden]

Hi Katie,

> Ideally, I'd like to put the preference file into another folder
> altogether.
>
> Is there any way to change this?

Try setting the environment variable IJ_PREFS_DIR to your directory of
choice.

Regards,
Curtis

P.S. Relevant code is:
https://github.com/imagej/ImageJA/blob/v1.49d/src/main/java/ij/OtherInstance.java#L240-L252



On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Katie Nance <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've got a weird problem I'm hoping can be solved.
>
> Upon closing out of ImageJ, I get an error saying that the ij_prefs.txt
> file cannot be found. The reason for this is it is looking in a user
> profile that does not exist, not my own. The user it is looking in has
> never even logged onto the machine, so I don't know where it is getting
> that path from.
>
> Furthermore, having the preferences in any user profile at all will be an
> issue along the road, since I am installing the program for a computer
> image to deploy to multiple computers. Ideally, I'd like to put the
> preference file into another folder altogether.
>
> Is there any way to change this?
>
> Thanks,
> Katie Nance
>
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> ImageJ mailing list: http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/list.html
>

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[Katie Nance]

Curtis,

Thanks for the tip. I looked in my system environment variables and did not
find that variable, so I created one and set it to where I wanted it.
However, ImageJ still gives me the same message on close. I even went
through the registry and removed any mention of the nonexistent user
profile, still get the same issue.

Any ideas?
-Katie

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From: "Curtis Rueden" <[hidden email]>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 12:17 PM

Hi Katie,

> Ideally, I'd like to put the preference file into another folder
> altogether.
>
> Is there any way to change this?  

Try setting the environment variable IJ_PREFS_DIR to your directory of
choice.

Regards,
Curtis

P.S. Relevant code is:
https://github.com/imagej/ImageJA/blob/v1.49d/src/main/java/ij/OtherInstance
.java#L240-L252

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Katie Nance <[hidden email]> wrote:
  Hello,

 I've got a weird problem I'm hoping can be solved.

 Upon closing out of ImageJ, I get an error saying that the ij_prefs.txt
 file cannot be found. The reason for this is it is looking in a user
 profile that does not exist, not my own. The user it is looking in has
 never even logged onto the machine, so I don't know where it is getting
 that path from.

 Furthermore, having the preferences in any user profile at all will be an
 issue along the road, since I am installing the program for a computer
 image to deploy to multiple computers. Ideally, I'd like to put the
 preference file into another folder altogether.

 Is there any way to change this?

 Thanks,
 Katie Nance

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[ctrueden]

Hi Katie,

> ImageJ still gives me the same message on close. I even went through
> the registry and removed any mention of the nonexistent user profile,
> still get the same issue.

Since I cannot reproduce the issue on my machine, I'm afraid you'll have to
dig a little deeper yourself. In this case, it might help to launch ImageJ
in debug mode:

http://imagej.net/Debugging#Launching_ImageJ_in_debug_mode

Regards,
Curtis


On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Katie Nance <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Curtis,
>
> Thanks for the tip. I looked in my system environment variables and did
> not find that variable, so I created one and set it to where I wanted it.
> However, ImageJ still gives me the same message on close. I even went
> through the registry and removed any mention of the nonexistent user
> profile, still get the same issue.
>
> Any ideas?
> -Katie
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From*: "Curtis Rueden" <[hidden email]>
> *Sent*: Thursday, July 31, 2014 12:17 PM
>
>
> Hi Katie,
>
> > Ideally, I'd like to put the preference file into another folder
> > altogether.
> >
> > Is there any way to change this?
>
> Try setting the environment variable IJ_PREFS_DIR to your directory of
> choice.
>
> Regards,
> Curtis
>
> P.S. Relevant code is:
>
> https://github.com/imagej/ImageJA/blob/v1.49d/src/main/java/ij/OtherInstance.java#L240-L252
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Katie Nance <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've got a weird problem I'm hoping can be solved.
>>
>> Upon closing out of ImageJ, I get an error saying that the ij_prefs.txt
>> file cannot be found. The reason for this is it is looking in a user
>> profile that does not exist, not my own. The user it is looking in has
>> never even logged onto the machine, so I don't know where it is getting
>> that path from.
>>
>> Furthermore, having the preferences in any user profile at all will be an
>> issue along the road, since I am installing the program for a computer
>> image to deploy to multiple computers. Ideally, I'd like to put the
>> preference file into another folder altogether.
>>
>> Is there any way to change this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Katie Nance
>>
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>> ImageJ mailing list: http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/list.html
>>
>
>
>

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[dscho]

Hi,

On Fri, 1 Aug 2014, Curtis Rueden wrote:

> > ImageJ still gives me the same message on close. I even went through
> > the registry and removed any mention of the nonexistent user profile,
> > still get the same issue.
>
> Since I cannot reproduce the issue on my machine, I'm afraid you'll have to
> dig a little deeper yourself. In this case, it might help to launch ImageJ
> in debug mode:
>
> http://imagej.net/Debugging#Launching_ImageJ_in_debug_mode

And maybe you can find the responsible environment variable; I could
imagine that some software set the HOME variable to the invalid profile.
That would explain the symptom, at least.

Ciao,
Johannes

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