Settings file (jpg). How to avoid.

The bear

Senior Member
As per title.
The reason I ask is, all my Picaxe projects, including their folder vanished.
Not sure if it was Win 10 update, or upgrading to latest version of PE6.
I did have a back-up on an external drive.
When I reloaded the file and its contents, there were hundreds of 'Settings files' cluttering everything up.
I've spent two evenings deleting them.
Is there a choice regarding the 'Settings files'.

Bear, with a very tired mouse.
 

wapo54001

Senior Member
I complained about the same '.bas.settings clutter' problem a year or two ago and asked to have the option to turn them off included, but it did not happen.

I have taken to using a freeware program called Bulk Rename Utility which allows me to search an entire hard drive for files ending in ".bas.settings" and delete them all with one click. This is a great utility for a variety of reasons in addition to cleaning out these files which make the germane files harder to find.
 
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The bear

Senior Member
@wapo54001,Thanks for the reply, I did do a search and saw your request.
My 'Settings' are all jpegs, I can cope with the bas files.

@Teedoubleudee, wapo54001 is on the ball, Post #4

Regards, Bear..
 

Jeremy Harris

Senior Member
All those additional "settings" files are a bloody nuisance, and were another reason for me reverting back to PE5. I'm sure PE6 has some redeeming features, but for me, after trying to get to grips with it for a week or two I just had to revert to PE5, as it was taking far to long to try and do simple things. The other thing is that PE5 runs OK on Linux (as long as you also load MFC40.DLL in WINE), whereas PE6 is strictly Windows only, and as all but one of my machines now runs Linux having a common programming editor on all machines is extremely useful indeed, especially as AxePad has poorer stability and more limited functionality.
 

wapo54001

Senior Member
@wapo54001,Thanks for the reply, I did do a search and saw your request.
My 'Settings' are all jpegs, I can cope with the bas files.

Regards, Bear..
It took a bit to sink in -- do I have it right that you have settings files with .jpg extensions?
 

hippy

Technical Support
Staff member
It is difficult to see how having ".jpg" extensions could come about, and how you know they are settings files given the extension ? It is not something I have seen nor heard similar reports of that happening. It would be worth looking at a directory holding an example of that and posting a screen shot.

My best thought is that you may have edited something which had .jpg within its filename, and may have Windows set to hide particular extensions which is making things appear other than they actually are.
 

The bear

Senior Member
Settings survivers.jpg

@hippy, thanks for your input.

The Attachment (Hopefully) Settings survivors, is in the Recycle Bin.
It was a Screenshot that I sent to my good friend JPB33.

I guess that the jpg extn. could be changed to bas, but they are still clutter, and appear to be surplus.

Regards, Bear..
 
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The bear

Senior Member
Apologies to everyone, I've just noticed the Settings files are .bas
They open in Photoshop. (Cringe).

Bear..
 

westaust55

Moderator
Seems as if you have an incorrect file association causing Photoshop to open.

While noting that you are deleting the settings files, if you want to correct/improve the file association then:
1. in Windows Explorer right click on the file
2. Select "Open With"
3. Select Notepad - you may first need to select 'More Apps" and scroll down to Notepad if the OS does not show Notepad in the selections
4. Click on the "always use this app to open .setting files" - ticked if you want a permanent association or until if it is a one-off
5. Select Okay - the setting file can be seen in Notepad or app of your choice
 

The bear

Senior Member
@westaust55,
Thank you for your suggestion, converted to Notepad, always.
Will this make life easier? I could do with destroying the 'Settings' at birth, or sooner!
In my defence, with the mistake I made about the attachments, bas. not jpg. using Properties, they were listed as jpg's.
Defence rests.

Regards, Bear..
 

Technical

Technical Support
Staff member
BASIC program files are raw text files. As such they cannot include other useful editor meta information such as bookmark positions, simulation break points, last cursor position, last search phrase etc etc that most people also expect to be maintained and restored between sessions. This information is stored in the associated .settings file instead.

You can safely delete the .settings file, but will then also loose this extra information when you do so.
 
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