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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Keith,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Those settings are stored in different places depending on a couple of things most specifically what you have set in your customization options. Typically they are stored under the normal.mxt for ArcMap and normal.gxt for ArcCatalog. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Tripp Corbin, MCP, CFM, GISP</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>| Vice President, GIS/IT</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Footlight MT Light","serif";color:#244061'><a href="http://www.keckwood.com/"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#244061;text-decoration:none'>K</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#244061;text-decoration:none'>ECK</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#244061;text-decoration:none'> & W</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#244061;text-decoration:none'>OOD,</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#244061;text-decoration:none'> I</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#244061;text-decoration:none'>NC</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#244061;text-decoration:none'>.</span></a></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>2750 Premiere Parkway, Suite 900, Duluth, GA 30097<br>Direct (678) 417-4013 | Main (678) 417-4000 | Fax (678) 417-4055<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:tcorbin@keckwood.com">tcorbin@keckwood.com</a> | <a href="www.keckwood.com">www.keckwood.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Esri Certified Trainer | Esri Certified Desktop Associate</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Keith Sandell<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 27, 2011 7:08 PM<br><b>To:</b> shrug-L@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br><b>Subject:</b> shrug-l: ArcGIS Desktop Envrionmental Settings<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hey all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m guessing, or at least hoping, someone has done this before.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What file(s) in:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Contain the environmental settings for ArcCatalog and ArcMap, i.e. folder connections, pane docking, i.e.?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Recently my workstation almost went down for the dirt nap and having to restore everything after a clean install is a pain…luckily I scraped by this time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’d like to be able to make periodic copies of the environmental settings so I can drop them in a new install to save myself the trouble of having to reset everything.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is this even possible?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Keith Sandell, MBA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-variant:small-caps;color:gray'>GIS Manager, Corporate Analytics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-variant:small-caps;color:gray'>Citizens Property Insurance Corporation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-variant:small-caps;color:gray'>2101 Maryland Circle, Tallahassee, Florida 32303<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:5.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:gray'>-------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:gray'>ofc. 850.521.8341 | cell 850.727.2897</span><span 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