While the bool values on lines 6-7 are set up properly, it does not work for the QString on line 13. It returns an empty string, even when the appropiate key (here "General/lastshownwidgets") on the persistent media is set to a non-empty string. What am I missing ?

Qt Code: 
  1. globalSettings = new QSettings("./UnderClient.ini",QSettings::IniFormat,this);
  2.     //globalSettings->setValue("foo","bar");
  3.  
  4.     //Getting settings
  5.     globalSettings->beginGroup("General");
  6. //line 6:
  7.     minimizeToTrayOnStartUp = globalSettings->value("minimizetotrayonstartup",false).toBool();
  8. //line 7:
  9.     autoRestoreLastWidgets = globalSettings->value("autorestorelastwidgets",false).toBool();
  10.     if(autoRestoreLastWidgets) {
  11.         //QString *temp = new QString(globalSettings->value("General/lastshownwidgets").toString());
  12.         //lastShownWidgets = temp->split(',',QString::SkipEmptyParts);
  13.         qDebug() << "restoring modules from last session (" << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << ")";
  14. //line 13:
  15.         qDebug() << "got last shown widgets:" << globalSettings->value("lastshownwidgets").toString();
  16.         lastShownWidgets = new QStringList(globalSettings->value("lastshownwidgets").toString().split(',',QString::SkipEmptyParts));
  17.         //delete temp;
  18.     }
  19.     else {
  20.         lastShownWidgets = new QStringList;
  21.     }
  22.     globalSettings->endGroup();
  23.  
  24.     qDebug() << "minimizeToTrayOnStartUp:" << minimizeToTrayOnStartUp;
  25.     qDebug() << "autoRestoreLastWidgets:" << autoRestoreLastWidgets;
  26.     qDebug() << "lastShownWidgets:" << lastShownWidgets->join(",");
  27.     //Write-back settings
  28.     globalSettings->beginGroup("General");
  29.     globalSettings->setValue("minimizetotrayonstartup",minimizeToTrayOnStartUp);
  30.     globalSettings->setValue("autorestorelastwidgets",autoRestoreLastWidgets);
  31.     globalSettings->setValue("lastshownwidgets",lastShownWidgets->join(","));
  32.     globalSettings->endGroup();
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Thank you in advance