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Hi

 

Have any of you noticed any unusual settings in Preferences after using the "Reset Defaults" button on the main Preferences screen?

 

I have been working on a presentation about using TMG preferences for the RUG, Roots Users Group of Arlington, VA. As part of my preparation for the presentation, I loaded TMG v7.01 on an XP laptop, using the latest download from the WG site. I then created a Test project and opened it. I did this because I needed to see what the preference defaults were "right out of the box", so to speak. I then went into each of the 22 various preference screens and reset every default to something different. I then saved my changes and exited from TMG. Then I went back into TMG and opened my Test project, and all of the preference options reflected the changes that I had made, as I expected they would.

 

Then I clicked the "Reset Defaults" button, selected both, and OK. And here is where my troubles began. After what I thought was a full reset of my defaults, I found that A GREAT MANY of the preferences had not been reset, and still reflected the changes that I had made. The following is a list of the preference options that did not change back to the initial default.

 

General - Old style date range: Both starting & ending year contained the new years that I had set them to.

Startup and Exit - Show Welcome window: Did not change back

Startup and Exit - Check the website for an update every ___ days: Did not change back

Startup and Exit - Check for messages every ___ days: Did not change back

Data Entry - Minimum font size: Did not change back

Data Entry - Maximum font size: Did not change back

Data Entry - Advanced - Place labels: Did not change back

Data Entry - Advanced - Name labels: Did not change back

Data Entry - Spell Checker - Did not change back

Data Entry - Use tabbed version of Tag Entry - Did not change back

New People - Surname: Did not change back

New People - Given name: Did not change back

New People - Birth Date - Years are within ___ years: Did not change back

New People - Disqualify parents, children and siblings: Did not change back

New People - Display warning in red: Did not change back

Item Tips - Show Item Tips on Associates list: Did not change back

Exhibits - New image exhibits should be added as: Did not change back

Exhibits - In the Exhibit log, when an external image exhibit is missing: Did not change back

Slideshow - Self-optimize: Did not change back

Slideshow - Default Slide duration (sec): Did not change back

 

Lists - All worked as expected

 

Prompts - Prompt to search for embedded citations when deleting a source: Gave appearance of no radio button selected

Warnings - Warn when selecting multiple witnesses using Simple Picklist: Did not change back

Project Explorer - Enable Drag-n-Drop: Did not change back

Tag Box - Undated tags sorted: Did not change back

Tag Box - Identify Primary Event with: Did not change back

Tag Box - Show History events for unlinked people: Did not change back

Custom Styles - Name style: I set it to custom; it did not change back

Custom Styles - Place style: I set it to custom; it did not change back

Reports - Prompt to open file output: Did not change back

Reports - Flag changes update the Last Edited date: Did not change back

Reports - Preferred output types: I selected only 2; it did not change back to all

Colors - Merge Candidates: Neither Left or right colors changed back

Colors - Lists: Did not change back

Colors - Window backgrounds: Did not change back

New Project Defaults - Source categories: Did not change back

New Project Defaults - Short place template: Did not change back

New Project Defaults - Default country: Did not change back

 

Other - All worked as expected

General - All worked as expected

Colors - All worked as expected

 

Places - Default country: Did not change back

 

Advanced - All worked as expected

Other - All worked as expected

 

Am I doing something wrong here??

 

Mike

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