QSettings writes duplicate sections with strange names in ini-file

Hi

I'm using Qt 5.2 and get a strange looking ini-file when saving changes. Some sections appear twice with duplicate names:

Code:

[%General]
ptt-key=-1, 111
push-to-talk=true
voice-activated=false
 
[display]
desktop-splitter=@ByteArray(\0\0\0\xff\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x2\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\x1\0\0\0\x5\x1\0\0\0\x2)
filesheader="@ByteArray(\0\0\0\xff\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x1\0\0\0\x1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x1,\0\0\0\x3\x1\0\0\x1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x64\xff\xff\xff\xff\0\0\0\x81\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x3\0\0\0\x64\0\0\0\x1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x64\0\0\0\x1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x64\0\0\0\x1\0\0\0\0)"
splitter=@ByteArray(\0\0\0\xff\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\x2\0\0\x1\0\0\0\x1\f\x1\0\0\0\a\x1\0\0\0\x1)
windowposition=291, 138, 637, 545
 
[%General]
push-to-talk=true
voice-activated=false
 
[soundsystem]
mastervolume=255
microphonegain=1000
voice-activation-level=0

Why has "general" section been renamed to "%General" and why does the same keys appear twice?
I instantiate my QSettings like this:

Code:

ttSettings = new QSettings(QSettings::IniFormat, 
                                   QSettings::UserScope,
                                   QApplication::organizationName(),
                                   QApplication::applicationName(), this);

Then I load and and save like this:

Code:

#define SETTINGS_GENERAL_NICKNAME                   "general/nickname"
#define SETTINGS_GENERAL_GENDER                     "general/gender"
#define SETTINGS_GENERAL_AUTOAWAY                   "general/auto-away"
#define SETTINGS_GENERAL_PUSHTOTALK                 "general/push-to-talk"
#define SETTINGS_GENERAL_PUSHTOTALK_KEY             "general/ptt-key"
#define SETTINGS_GENERAL_VOICEACTIVATED             "general/voice-activated"
 
//save settings
        ttSettings->setValue(SETTINGS_GENERAL_NICKNAME, ui.nicknameEdit->text());
        ttSettings->setValue(SETTINGS_GENERAL_GENDER, ui.maleRadioButton->isChecked());
        ttSettings->setValue(SETTINGS_GENERAL_AUTOAWAY, ui.awaySpinBox->value());
        SaveHotKeySettings(HOTKEY_PUSHTOTALK, m_hotkey);
        ttSettings->setValue(SETTINGS_GENERAL_PUSHTOTALK, ui.pttChkBox->isChecked());
        ttSettings->setValue(SETTINGS_GENERAL_VOICEACTIVATED, ui.voiceactChkBox->isChecked());
//...
//load settings...
        ui.nicknameEdit->setText(ttSettings->value(SETTINGS_GENERAL_NICKNAME).toString());
        ui.maleRadioButton->setChecked(ttSettings->value(SETTINGS_GENERAL_GENDER, true).toBool());
        ui.femaleRadioButton->setChecked(!ttSettings->value(SETTINGS_GENERAL_GENDER, true).toBool());
        ui.awaySpinBox->setValue(ttSettings->value(SETTINGS_GENERAL_AUTOAWAY).toInt());
        ui.pttChkBox->setChecked(ttSettings->value(SETTINGS_GENERAL_PUSHTOTALK).toBool());

When I restart my application the settings I've saved before are not loaded again. It's like they've been reset. Anyone know what's going on.

-- Bjoern