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If you make changes to your current profile during a work session and you
want to save those changes in an ARG file, you must re-export the profile.
When you export the profile with the current profile name, the ARG file is
updated with the new settings.
For more information about profiles, see OPTIONS in the Command Reference.
To make a profile current
1 Click the Application button. At the bottom of the Application menu,
click Options.
2 In the Options dialog box, Profiles tab, select the profile you want to
make current.
3 Click Set Current.
4 Click OK.
To save a profile
1 Click the Application button. At the bottom of the Application menu,
click Options.
2 In the Options dialog box, Profiles tab, click Add to List.
3 In the Add Profiles dialog box, enter a Profile name and Description.
4 Click Apply & Close to record the current option settings in the system
registry and close the dialog box.
5 Click OK.
To make a profile current before starting the program
1 On the Windows desktop, right-click the program icon. Click Properties.
2 In the AutoCAD Properties dialog box, Shortcut tab, under Target, enter
/p currentprofile after the current target directory. For example, to make
the profile User12 current, enter the following in Target:
"c:\Program Files\<current release name>\acad.exe"/p user12
3 Click OK.
The profile name you enter is the current profile each time you start the
program.
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