
The first folder is a company folder (the DevTeam chose to go with the Trimble division name, just in case SketchUp gets sold again, I suppose.) %AppData%/SketchUp/SketchUp 2015/SketchUp/Plugins/SuperGeek_Widget On Windows the application data path is: %AppData% Let us call the user “Dan”, the plugin “Widget” and the developer / company “SuperGeek”. We could go up several folder levels and create our own version independant “company” folder. So where to write extension settings if not in the extension’s folder and not in the registry ? The ones to not touch are the ones in the %ProgramData% path. Which is what the the application OEM usually wants. We needed them moved into the user path because we were accessing them directly, moving them around, etc.īut I understand, for the non-developer, and non-power users who know only clicking an “Install Plugin” button, that they wouldn’t be getting into this folder. Refer to the OS guidelines for storing user data/settings in the correct place in the user directory.Įxcept that since 2014 the plugins ARE in the User path. In our example, we'll edit the string SERVER.Can UI.openpanel show the Plugins directory on OS X? In the right pane, you'll see a list of files, or "strings," contained within the Reg Key you selected. In our example, we'll edit the Reg Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\LANDFX by clicking the folder LANDFX in the path of the same name. To edit a Reg Key or string value, click the Reg Key folder to open it. Type a name for the new string value (example: InstallPath) The new string value will appear to the right of the key you right-clicked. In this example, we'll create the string value InstallPath within the key Land F/X. So, for example, if you're following our Manual Installation of the Land F/X Workstation Installer steps, you'd create the key path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ecografx\Land F/X and then create the string value InstallPath within the Land F/X key as shown below.Ĭreating a string value is similar to creating a key – right-click on the key where you want to create the string value, hover on New in the menu, and then select String Value from the submenu. If our Knowledge Base or one of our support technicians has instructed you to create a key path that ends with a string value, move on to the Create a String Value steps below once you've created the necessary key path.
