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hello,
i have a general question about qsettings, hope someone can give me some insides (could not figure it out from docs):
i have written an application that uses qsettings to store application settings.
where does qt actually save these ? and how can one clear these without having to clear it from application side (lets say when the application is installed) ??
thnx.
that is platform-specific. on windows, qsettings uses the registry.
ok thnx.
but how do i clear lets say the registry (or whatever on any OS) when i install or uninstall my application so that the settings state after this is untouched like a virgin:confused:
thnx.
anyone got some ideas about this???
i am just interested if my whole registry gets messed up because my qt application saves everything within my registry and i dont know how to get rid of these entries explicitely :confused:
thnx
Personnaly I have never used QSettings because I don't like the idea of writting more "garbage" to the registry. I prefer to use a QFile to read and write data, like a .ini file.
So, kinda like using QSettings with the QSettings::IniFormat flag so it writes to a file instead of the registry?Quote:
Originally Posted by john_god
If you want to do this outside your application then either use some installer facilities that allow manipulating the registry or find if you can call regedit from a script in a way that would allow you to delete registry keys. If that's not an option then write a simple program that will use QSettings and delete the branches your application created.[/QUOTE]Quote:
Originally Posted by kerim
You can use QSettings to write ini files on Windows as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by john_god
Thank you guys, I didn't know that . Guess I should read the docs more often :p
I learned another thing today :)