http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/ij-prefs-txt-can-I-change-the-location-tp5009000p5009012.html
> ImageJ still gives me the same message on close. I even went through
dig a little deeper yourself. In this case, it might help to launch ImageJ
> 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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