Restoring Factory Menu Settings

RockWorks | Preferences | Reset Menu Settings

The RockWorks program contains thousands of menu settings, which control everything from the size of the program windows to the type of contour lines to use in your maps.  This program option is used to reset the local (project-specific) and/or global program settings back to the factory default settings.  Typically this is used to correct recurring program error messages that can't be solved simply by closing and restarting the program.

This program is available from the Utilities and Borehole Manager program tabs.

Menu Options

• Reset Global Settings: Check this box to reload the original factory settings for the global menu options.  These are the settings which won't vary from project to project, such as whether the Help window is displayed on program startup, or how wide the Project Manager pane should be.  Many of these settings are established in the Preferences | General Program Settings window.
  ! Resetting these menu options will force RockWorks to close.  When you click the Process button, RockWorks will display a confirmation window
   
• Reset Project Settings: Check this box to reload the original factory settings for the project-specific menu options - those that are stored separately from project-to-project.  This is the bulk of the program options - map settings, modeling settings, log options, etc. 

Step-by-Step Summary

1. If you want to keep a copy of your current menu settings, first run the Preferences | Export Menu Settings option.  That way you'll have a snapshot of the current program status which you could later import.
2. Select the Preferences | Reset Menu Settings option.
3. Enter the requested options, discussed above.
4. Click the Process button to continue.

If you've elected to Reset Project Settings, the program will display a window, asking you to confirm this.

1. Click Yes if you wish to continue.  The program will reload the "menus.ini" file that was installed with RockWorks for the current project folder.  You'll be returned to the Reset options window.
2. Click No if you wish to cancel this operation.  You'll be returned to the Reset options window.

If you've elected to Reset Global Settings, the program will display a confirmation window, advising you that the program will need to restart.  If you have data that has not been saved, it will be lost.

1. Click Yes if you wish to proceed with the restoration of the original factory settings.  The program will reload the "globalsettings.ini" file that was installed with RockWorks.  The RockWorks program will close.
2. Click No if you wish to cancel this operation.  You'll be returned to the program window.

See also

• Menu Settings (details)
• Importing Menu Settings
• Exporting Menu Settings
  
  

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