Installation manual

User Login and Preferences Nucoda and Phoenix 2014 Install Manual
A set of default system preference files are copied here from the Presets \ System folder
on first run.
note
Preference files inside the System folder are not touched by an upgrade or install.
note
For more detail of folders and preference files created, see the appendix Preference
Files.
Preference Load Order
Preference files are loaded in an order such that later ones (if they exist) will override
earlier ones. The load order is as follows :
For System settings :
1. Presets \ System \
2. System \
For Users settings :
1. Presets \ Users \
2. Users \ AllUsers \
3. Users \ <username> \
Presets are always loaded first, followed by any global or shared settings (e.g. AllUsers)
and then the specific preferences set, if they exist (e.g. for user "Tom"). The specific
overrides the global or shared.
This mechanism allows easier customisation while using a known base configuration.
Customisation
A user or administrator can customise application preferences in various ways.
alert!
Never modify Presets preference settings. These are installed and overwritten on a
software update.
Global System Level
To modify system (machine) level preferences, modify files in the ROOT \ System folder.
Users
To change the settings shared by all users, modify the preference files in the ROOT \
AllUsers folder.
To change the settings for a specific user, modify the preference files in their specific
user folder ROOT \ <User>.
On first run, an initial set of user preference files is placed in the <User> folder. These
are not complete preference files but fragments : a few basic minimal settings only.
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