Frequently Asked Questions

• Why are certain fields in file options dialog disabled?
• Command option is only available for Managed files, comment string can be set only for ini files irrespetive of their managed status.
• I've an xml file with errors why does SnapConfig automatically open it as Ini?
• If a file fails Xml parser validation SnapConfig will automatically open it as ini (Text) to allow you to edit, to see Xml parser error please select open and select "Forced Xml Load" option in file open dialog.

General Tips

• Place your mouse over a Registry or Xml node to see its type.
• For comment and cdata xml types the text is auatomatically shown in tooltips.
• Before running a command SnapConfig automatically sets the starting directory to the directory where that file is present.
• Ini editing has special features, which allows you to change the type of node while you are editing so insert [] around a node name and it will become section. Remove it and it will become ordinary node. similary you can insert "comment string" at the beginning and SnapConfig will automatically un check the node.

Registry File Tips

• Run SnapConfig as Admin on Vista if you wish to automatically import .reg changes and avoid UAC prompts
• use "regedit /s" for silently importing registry changes otherwise regedit will prompt using a dialogbox.
• If you mark a key for deletion and save the file the children of that key will not be written to the reg file. incase you wanted to preserve the child nodes either unmark the key or move the child nodes to some other key.