Save FrameMaker preferences permanently

[hadih26673991]

How can I tell FrameMaker to remember the changes in preferences permanently. For instance, I would like FM not to take automatic backup on save or create Lock File on Network. Now, each time I open FM, I have to set these options under preferences but as soon as FM is closed or crashes the options are back to original.

[Winfried Reng · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Where are your preferences stored?

Mine are here:

c:\Users\myusername\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\15\maker.ini

Can you check which file is changed, when you change something in your preferences?

There is also another maker.ini file here:

c:\Users\122REW49\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FrameMaker\15\maker.ini

Possibly yours are in a directory where you do not have write permissions without administrator privileges.

Best regards

Winfried

[hadih26673991]

Thank you. Once, I ran Framemaker as administrator and did the changes, it is saved permanently. So, yes I did not have write permission!

[Klaus Göbel]

Additionally to Winfrieds questions:

- what's your operating system

- are you working on a virtual machine?

- whats the modification date of your user maker.ini?