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      mirjman
      last edited by

      when I use window>preferences>shortcuts>import to retrieve keyboard shortcuts I had previously exported, the stock sketchup shortcuts seem to take precedence whenever there is a difference command associated with that key. anyone else run into this, or am I missing something obvious?

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        santiagom
        last edited by

        this happens to me too, the workaround is to remove all keyboard shortcuts manually, before importing your new dat file.

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          brad
          last edited by

          Hi All,

          Another work around is to export the shortcuts to a file named something like 'shortcuts.dat' and then import that file instead of the preferences.dat.

          Hope that helps.

          Brad
          SketchUp QA

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            mirjman
            last edited by

            the import works when erasing all shortcuts beforehand as santiagom mentioned. Brad, can you simply rename the file you are trying to import? I am getting mixed results trying your method.. sometimes importing preferences.dat will work and other names won't.

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              SchreiberBike
              last edited by

              Any resolution on this? I was having the same trouble over the weekend.

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              • GaieusG Offline
                Gaieus
                last edited by

                @unknownuser said:

                ...I hope I haven't said things I'm not supposed to have said.

                And what about the NDA? 😲

                Gai...

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                  mirjman
                  last edited by

                  update on a solution for this:

                  sketchup stores all of the shortcuts in the windows registry:

                  start>run>regedit
                  browse to
                  HKEY_CURRENT_USER>
                  Software>
                  Google>
                  SketchUp6>
                  Settings

                  you will see a list of the shortcuts here. delete all of the keys to reset all of the shortcuts to nothing

                  start sketchup, and use the import dialog to bring in your shortcuts, there will be no conflicts since there are no assigned previous shortcuts

                  you can see in the registry that your shortcuts are now in the "settings" folder
                  if you want, you can right click the settings folder and export it to your desktop. from now on, in order to reset your shortcuts to your preferences, just double click the .reg file you created - no conflicts, no problems

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                  • plot-parisP Offline
                    plot-paris
                    last edited by

                    hey mirjman,

                    thank you very much. the .reg file works perfectly fine! such a cool thing!!! 😍

                    hencefoth I will travel the world not without this secret weapon within my pocket (usb stick) 😆

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                      SchreiberBike
                      last edited by

                      mirjman - Thank you for the hack. I'll keep that handy in my bag of tricks.

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                        ___olo
                        last edited by

                        very cool

                        Xin chào nhau giữa con đường
                        Mùa xuân phía trước, miên trường phía sau

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