Resetting MinimServer to default properties

[simoncn]

(17-09-2013 11:03)haggis999 Wrote:  

(17-09-2013 10:48)simoncn Wrote:  It would be difficult to implement a 'Reset to defaults' button because the minimserver.config file cannot safely be deleted while MinimServer is running. I think it would be better to make this an uninstallation option where possible.

Why would you need to delete the minimserver.config file? My conception was that a 'Reset to defaults' button would be placed in the Properties dialogue box where the user will have been experimenting with the settings. If you were to have the default settings stored in a separate place they could then be copied into the Properties window when the button is clicked. The user would then 'Apply' those settings in the normal manner.

David

This would require restructuring of the MinimServer code that applies property defaults on startup.

It is common for programs to offer an uninstallation option to remove the user configuration, and I think this is the best approach. MinimServer already does this on some platforms.

If this option is provided as part of uninstallation, it makes sense to describe it on the installation/uninstallation pages.