On windows the two files with user preferences, kritadisplayrc and kritarc are saved in a location that does not seem the correct place. These files are saved in: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\ I think kritadisplayrc should be saved in %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\krita\ and kritarc should be saved in %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\krita\ Maybe there is a good argument to keep kritarc bound to one machine, then that save location would also be %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\krita\
Priority should be minor. Thought I had set that.
I think that this is a bug in kconfig: kconfig uses QStandardPaths::GenericConfigLocation everywhere, and to save to a \Local\krita or Roaming\krita location it should use QStandardPaths::QStandardPaths::AppConfigLocation -- see http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qstandardpaths.html Note though that I really would hesitate to change the location where krita saves the config too, because that would mean that newer versions of krita wouldn't load the old config anymore, and that the documentation on resetting the config would have to be updated and versioned.
I have been looking for the kritarc file for months. The manual says: Krita’s preferences are saved in the file kritarc. This file is located in C:\Users\*username*\AppData\Local\krita on Windows. It is not there. I was getting ready to submit a bug, and came across this issue. It is apparently in C:\Users\*username*\AppData\Local, not where the manual says. Who would know? (For some reason I did not find it searching all of AppData for "kritrc". in Windows Explorer.) I agree that is not where it "should" be stored. It should be stored in something application-specific (like where the manual says it is stored). It looks like you should either change it or change the documentation. Thanks. Note: This is under frameworks-kconfig. I don't know what this is. It is happening in Krita 4.1 for me.
Correction: (For some reason I did not find it searching all of AppData for "kritarc". in Windows Explorer.)
(In reply to Kenneth Evans from comment #3) > (For some reason I did not find it searching all of AppData for "kritarc". in > Windows Explorer.) Windows explorer is hideously bad for searching files. Try Total Commander. I can't live without it. Or try something like Explorer++ Why? I'm not sure windows explorer searches in directories with the hidden attribute set. > Krita’s preferences are saved in the file kritarc. This file is located in > C:\Users\*username*\AppData\Local\krita on Windows. There is probably some microsoft documentation about the differences between local and roaming. Roaming is where you put user settings, that should be maintained between different computers. (Of course nobody used roaming profiles because they never worked properly, but you could have folder redirection or a 3rd party solution) I think Krita should check in both locations and save it in the new location, but I'm no programmer, and can only report what I see.
Forget that Explorer can't find it. Forget whether it should be Local or Roaming. It is not where the manual says it is (and it is not where you would expect). I was not able to find it for months. I agree that if fixed, new versions could be made to search possible old places if not found and put it where it belongs. Thanks.
Anyway, while the FAQ page was right, the preferences manual page was wrong, and I've updated that just now. Maybe it'll spare other people months of confusion.
Thanks.