Does Sketchup 7 have a preferences file in Windows?

[desconocido]

Apparently there is a preference file if you are running MacOS X (it's sketchup.plist). Is there one for Windows XP?

I am actually running Sketchup under Wine under Ubuntu (Linux).

The reason I am asking is that when I first started using Sketchup, I had the window maximised and Sketchup always started up with its window maximised.

Then I tried using it with a smaller window (so that I could see other windows). Then I went back to using a maximised window. However, ever since then, whenever I start up Sketchup, it flashes up a couple of small windows, removes them and displays the maximised window. It's only a second or so of delay but it slightly irritates.

I thought that maybe if I deleted the preference file, it might solve this problem. But it is not obvious that it exists. Hence my question.

Thanks in advance.

[remus]

I think the windows equivalent of the plist is the registry.

If you go start->run->regedit you can then browse and edit the registry from there. Im not sure where the sketchup entry is, though, so youll have to do a bit of digging.

And a word of warning, you can really mess your computer up (or at least wine) by messing about with the registry, so always save a copy first and dont touch stuff you dont understand (or at least can take a good guess at what it does.)

edit: as your running in wine im not sure how you get to the registry (so ignore the start->run etc. bit.) Im sure there will be a tutorial on how to do it if you just do a google search.

[Anssi]

@desconocido said:

whenever I start up Sketchup, it flashes up a couple of small windows, removes them and displays the maximised window.

It does this for me too in a standard Windows environment. I am not sure if it appeared with SU 7.1 or if it was there earlier. I would guess that it is normal-SU is checking your monitor size.

Anssi

[desconocido]

@anssi said:

It does this for me too in a standard Windows environment. I am not sure if it appeared with SU 7.1 or if it was there earlier. I would guess that it is normal-SU is checking your monitor size.

I'm not sure that can be right, because it did not happen for me until I started choosing different window sizes.

Next week, if I feel strong enough, I will look at the Wine Windows Registry!

Regards

[MartinRinehart]

@remus said:

Im not sure where the sketchup entry is, though, ...

Don't know the name, but

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Google/SketchUp7

is the neighborhood.

[desconocido]

I fixed the problem by unmaximising the Sketchup window and then changing the dimensions of the unmaximised window to be the same as the maximised. Makes the start up slicker and faster.

The relevant registry entry seems to be:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\SketchUp7\MainFrame]
"FirstTime"=dword;00000000
"wp.bottom"=dword;00000307
"wp.flags"=dword;00000000
"wp.left"=dword;00000000
"wp.ptMaxPosition.x"=dword;00000000
"wp.ptMaxPosition.y"=dword;00000017
"wp.ptMinPosition.x"=dword;ffffffff
"wp.ptMinPosition.y"=dword;ffffffff
"wp.right"=dword;00000500
"wp.showCmd"=dword;00000001
"wp.top"=dword;00000017

Thanks for your help.