How can we export/import the environmental settings, if possible?

[ebalci]

I wonder if it is possible to export/import the settings of the CVI development environment.

I have one CVI 8.0 installation in a computer that I use frequently and I've customized it according to my "style".

The editor preferences, toolbars for editor/function panel/user interface windows, colors, fonts, build options etc.

Now I'm moving to another computer. I installed and activated my CVI. Now, all of a sudden I have a "bare-naked" development environment.

Can we export such settings of an installation to a file and than import them to another installation so that we end up in two identical looking CVI environments?

[Mohan · Accepted solution]

Some settings like keyboard shortcuts can be exported/imported explicitly. But many other settings are cached in the registry at the following location:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\National Instruments\CVI\8.0]

You could try to export the keys you want as reg files and import them in the new machine. This is bound to be hacky if you are migrating settings between different versions of CVI or settings that do not make sense in the new machine (paths that do not exist, etc). Also messing with the registry can be unsafe, so please be careful.