[Qgis-user] storage of configs beside .qgis2

[st_kiefer at web.de]

;) ... it's not a bug it's a feature

but honestly, you might mention this to the Qgis-dev-list. Maybe they 
just don't have this in mind.

Cheers.

Stefan


Am 05.06.2017 um 21:20 schrieb Tobias Wendorff:
> Hey Stefan,
>
> Am Mo, 5.06.2017, 21:08 schrieb st_kiefer at web.de:
>> nowadays I use only Linux. But when I was using Windows QGis wrote its
>> settings also to the Registry. Maybe check that (I don't remember well,
>> it was somthing H_LOCAL_KEY......Software/Qgis). Hope that helps.
> Thanks.
>
> Yep, you're right. Removing the key (after backup this one of course)
> helped me. I didn't think of the fact that QGIS uses registry at all...
> maybe we should file this as a bug, hehe :)
>
> Best regards,
> Tobias
>
>> Am 05.06.2017 um 20:23 schrieb Tobias Wendorff:
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I'm on QGIS rel-dev on Windows 7. I've removed my .qgis2 config folder,
>>> but there are still many settings stored when restarting QGIS (f.e.
>>> the URLs to WMS, WFS etc.).
>>>
>>> Even after wiping the complete OSGeo4W-installation directory, those
>>> configs still exist. I can't get a clean QGIS environment :(
>>>
>>> Anyone with an idea, where those configs are stored?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Tobias