From Direct-L and other online Director discussion lists, it seems Director 7.0 & 7.02 do not keep the preference settings intact for many developers. My own experience have been frustrating to say the least: almost 75% of the time when I quit Director, the preferences are reset to default.
First, try not quitting Director by hitting Alt-F4. Instead, use the menu or the close box. If it doesn't work, try this:
Here's how to save and restore your preferences:
- Open Director, and change the preferences to the way you want
- Quit Director (if quitting Director has already reset your preferences to default, repeat step 1, reopen Director to make sure it is keeping your preferences before continuing the next step)
- Run RegEdit (from the Start menu, choose Run..., and type in RegEdit)
- Locate and select the key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Macromedia\Director\7.0
- Choose Export Registry file... from the Registry menu
- Under Export range, make sure the radio button for "Selected branch" is selected
- Type in a filename and save the registry
- If you're running Windows NT, you should also check and export another key:
HKEY_USERS\<User Profile String>\Software\Macromedia\Director\7.0
where <User Profile String> is a long string of characters and digits.
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If you found two keys as above under Windows NT, merge the two files into one:
- Open both exported files in a text editor
- In the first file, delete the first line (it should be REGEDIT4 if you're running the latest version), Select All, and Copy the whole file
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Paste it at the end of the second file and save the merged file
- Whenever Director looses the preferences, double-clicking on the saved registry file will restore the saved settings. (I place an alias of this file in the toolbar next to my Director 7 icon.)
Disclaimer: Be warned that this method involves messing with the registry; although I have not encountered any problem, you are adviced to use it at your own risk.
