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[Fixed] Winboard leaves winboard.ini in %APPDATA%

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June 17, 2011 - 6:03pm
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[Fixed] Winboard leaves winboard.ini in %APPDATA%

The latest Winboard version (4.5.2) leaves a file called winboard.ini inside %APPDATA% after it is run.

Tested on Win XPSP3 clean Virtualbox machine as admin.

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May 17, 2012 - 10:54pm
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Path With Space?

Were you running it from path with a space in it? If so, if you replace the WinBoardPortable.ini file with this does it fix it? It appears to work on my end.

[Launch]
ProgramExecutable=WinBoard\WinBoard\winboard.exe
WorkingDirectory=%PAL:AppDir%\WinBoard\WinBoard
DirectoryMoveOK=yes

[Activate]
Registry=true

[FileWrite1]
Type=ConfigWrite
File=%PAL:AppDir%\WinBoard\WinBoard\winboard.ini
Entry=/settingsFile=
Value=""%PAL:DataDir%\settings\winboardpersonal.ini""

[FileWrite2]
Type=ConfigWrite
File=%PAL:AppDir%\WinBoard\WinBoard\winboard.ini
Entry=/saveSettingsFile=
Value=""%PAL:DataDir%\settings\winboardpersonal.ini""

[FileWrite3]
Type=Replace
File=%PAL:DataDir%\settings\winboard.ini
Find=%PAL:LastDir%%PAL:LastPackagePartialDir%
Replace=%PAL:Dir%%PAL:PackagePartialDir%

[FileWrite4]
Type=Replace
File=%PAL:DataDir%\settings\winboard.ini
Find=%PAL:LastDir%\
Replace=%PAL:Dir%\

[RegistryKeys]
-=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.pgn
-=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.gam

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August 17, 2012 - 3:16pm
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I can confirm that this fixes

I can confirm that this fixes a different (maybe similar?) bug that prevents WinBoard Portable from properly running in a path with spaces. I can't reproduce the leftover file though.

http://portableapps.chrismorgan.info/irc/logs/?t=2012-08-17#T18-59-55

WinBoard Portable's installer also needs an update, so I'll package this up and send it.

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August 22, 2012 - 6:09pm
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Fixed in 4.6.2

This is fixed in 4.6.2

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