Resetting MinimServer to default properties

[winxi]

(17-09-2013 12:03)simoncn Wrote:  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.

I would also consider a reset-to-defaults button to be a step towards a more user-fiendly MinimServer. The installation/uninstallation clearly works, but one disadvantage is that then the cache files are usually deleted also and it will take long to startup after a fresh installation.

Maybe this is a misunderstanding, but I don't see why this should require a restructuring of the MinimServer code that applies property defaults at startup. I think that it should be sufficient to implement two such button in MinimWatch. One in the property window and one in the advanced property window. Pressing one of the buttons would do nothing other than setting the corresponding property text boxes to predefined default strings. The user could then cancel/apply these changes as usual.