On 12 Dec 2010 at 17:15, Margaret and George McIntosh wrote: > On 12 Dec 2010 at 20:16, a.l.e wrote: > > > hi c?cile, > > > > > > > > I can't do anything, the program closes each time > > after! > > > > > > If anyone has the answer, I would be very gratefull! > > > > > > It's so frustrating! > > > > renaming your scribus properties may really help here! > > > > scribus won't find them anymore and recreate them... > > > > no idea where they are on windows, though (probably in some > place > > like "Document and Settings"). > > can any windows user give c?cile that location? > > > > ciao > > a.l.e > > There is a file called prefs13.xml that contains a lot of the > Preferences info (I'm not a > programmer so I don't know what the right name is ). Go to > c:\users>your > name>.scribus. That's in Win 7 x64. > Here is a part of the file: > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <preferences> > <level name="application"> > <context name="AlignDistributePalette"> > <attribute key="height" value="282"/> > <attribute key="left" value="549"/> > <attribute key="top" value="262"/> > <attribute key="visible" value="0"/> > <attribute key="width" value="222"/> > </context> > <context name="Books"> > <attribute key="height" value="321"/> > <attribute key="left" value="179"/> > <attribute key="top" value="239"/> > <attribute key="visible" value="0"/> > <attribute key="width" value="455"/> > </context> > > Good luck, > George
There is another file in the same place called scribus13.rc that looks as if it may be the right file to my uneducated eyes. Here is a part of that file. Maybe a.l.e can tell if it is the right file. <SCRIBUSRC> <GUI STEFONT="Times New Roman,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0" RAD="40" ScratchBottom="18" SHOWLINK="0" ToolTips="1" rulerMode="1" SCRIPTS="" UNIT="2" APF="8" STYLEPREVIEW="1" SHOWBASE="1" DOC="C:/Users/George" FRV="1" ScratchRight="108" SHOWMARGIN="1" rulersShown="1" PFS="8" ScratchTop="18" PROFILES="" showcolborders="0" SHOWGUIDES="1" GRAB="4" STILT="WindowsXP" SHOWPICT="1" TEMPLATES="" ScratchLeft="108" RCD="5" StartUp="1" STECOLOR="#ffffff" SHOWControl="1" /> <GRID MINOR="20.0016" MAJOR="100.001" GuideC="#000080" MAJORC="#00ff00" BACKG="1" GuideZ="10.0008" SHOW="0" BaseC="#c0c0c0" MINORC="#00ff00" /> <PAGE MARGC="#0000ff" DScale="1" RANDF="0" PAGEC="#ffffff" /> <FONTS SIZE="12" AutomaticSubst="1" FACE="Times New Roman Regular" /> George
