[GH-ISSUE #6] [Suggestion] Add the ability to make settings portable #6

New issue

Closed

opened 2026-02-26 08:44:55 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

kerem commented

2026-02-26 08:44:55 +03:00

Owner

Originally created by @Tyf0x on GitHub (Aug 24, 2016).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif/issues/6

Originally assigned to: @NickeManarin on GitHub.

Hi,

I discovered ScreenToGif not so long ago and I must say it is awesome!

As the title says, I'm suggesting to add the ability to turn the application fully portable to carry the settings over on any machine (USB key).

I'm not sure how much is implied there but file paths will most certainly need to be made relative.

Thoughts?

Originally created by @Tyf0x on GitHub (Aug 24, 2016). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif/issues/6 Originally assigned to: @NickeManarin on GitHub. Hi, I discovered ScreenToGif not so long ago and I must say it is awesome! As the title says, I'm suggesting to add the ability to turn the application fully portable to carry the settings over on any machine (USB key). I'm not sure how much is implied there but file paths will most certainly need to be made relative. Thoughts?

kerem

2026-02-26 08:44:55 +03:00

closed this issue
added the
🔷Enhancement
label

kerem commented

2026-02-26 08:44:55 +03:00

Author

Owner

@NickeManarin commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2016):

Thank you 😄

Portability is a main request. Indeed, paths need to be relative. I'm thinking about creating special codes (like %DIR%) that will be resolved/calculated during runtime.

@NickeManarin commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2016): Thank you 😄 Portability is a main request. Indeed, paths need to be relative. I'm thinking about creating special codes (like %DIR%) that will be resolved/calculated during runtime.

kerem commented

2026-02-26 08:44:55 +03:00

Author

Owner

@NickeManarin commented on GitHub (Oct 17, 2016):

Ready for release 2.3 (still not released).

The UserSettings is based on a resource dictionary named Settings.xaml.

To make your settings local, just create an empty text file and rename it to Settings.xaml.

If no local resource present, the app looks for a resource located inside the folder %APPDATA%/ScreenToGif.

If no appdata resource present, a default one will be loaded into memory. All properties changed during runtime will be saved inside the current resource file.

@NickeManarin commented on GitHub (Oct 17, 2016): Ready for release 2.3 (still not released). The `UserSettings` is based on a resource dictionary named `Settings.xaml`. To make your settings local, just create an empty text file and rename it to `Settings.xaml`. If no local resource present, the app looks for a resource located inside the folder `%APPDATA%/ScreenToGif`. If no appdata resource present, a default one will be loaded into memory. All properties changed during runtime will be saved inside the current resource file.

kerem referenced this issue

2026-02-26 09:30:43 +03:00

[GH-ISSUE #295] don't use absolute path about image path,use relative path #244

kerem referenced this issue

2026-02-26 09:31:17 +03:00

[GH-ISSUE #478] Use Relavant Path for Files Location #399

kerem referenced this issue

2026-02-26 09:33:39 +03:00

[PR #269] [MERGED] Optimizing language codes #1101

kerem referenced this issue

2026-03-01 18:44:59 +03:00

[GH-ISSUE #6] [Suggestion] Add the ability to make settings portable #1373