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mirc.ini only contain [chanfolder] #194996 14/02/08 09:39 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 483 Norway Deep3D OP Pan-dimensional mouse
OP Deep3D Pan-dimensional mouse Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 483 Norway	I have a little question, with mIRC v6.31. How do it store information? Not in mirc.ini? It only contains [chanfolder]? In older versions there is alot more info?

Re: mirc.ini only contain [chanfolder] Deep3D #194999 15/02/08 12:16 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,918 Montreal, QC, Canada A argv0 Hoopy frood
argv0 Hoopy frood A Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,918 Montreal, QC, Canada	What? Your files are probably in your Application Data folder, because 6.31 changes where your files are stored unless you are installing over a previous version or manually override that functionality. type //run $mircdir from within mirc (with two slashes). - argv[0] on EFnet #mIRC - "Life is a pointer to an integer without a cast"

Re: mirc.ini only contain [chanfolder] argv0 #195174 19/02/08 11:23 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 483 Norway Deep3D OP Pan-dimensional mouse
OP Deep3D Pan-dimensional mouse Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 483 Norway	What is the mirc.chw file stored in mirc folder? Last edited by Deep3D; 19/02/08 04:56 PM.

Re: mirc.ini only contain [chanfolder] Deep3D #195189 19/02/08 05:48 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 483 Norway Deep3D OP Pan-dimensional mouse
OP Deep3D Pan-dimensional mouse Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 483 Norway	anyone knows? Cause I dont.

Re: mirc.ini only contain [chanfolder] Deep3D #195190 19/02/08 06:03 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,138 London, UK C Collective Hoopy frood
Collective Hoopy frood C Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,138 London, UK	mIRC doesn't install a .chw file. mirc.chm is the mIRC help file.

Re: mirc.ini only contain [chanfolder] Collective #195209 19/02/08 11:23 PM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 396 New South Wales, Australia T The_JD Pan-dimensional mouse
The_JD Pan-dimensional mouse T Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 396 New South Wales, Australia	I was going to reply and say don't you mean .chm?... But now I have a .chw as well... Not sure what it is though. It seems to contain alot about $topic though. It might list all commands and aliases Not sure what it is... anyone? [02:16] * Titanic has quit IRC (Excess Flood)

Re: mirc.ini only contain [chanfolder] The_JD #195210 20/02/08 12:00 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 483 Norway Deep3D OP Pan-dimensional mouse
OP Deep3D Pan-dimensional mouse Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 483 Norway	the strangest thing.

Re: mirc.ini only contain [chanfolder] The_JD #195211 20/02/08 12:00 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,138 London, UK C Collective Hoopy frood
Collective Hoopy frood C Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,138 London, UK	Most file extension databases mention it as "HTML Help General Index". Presumably it aids with searching the help file.

Re: mirc.ini only contain [chanfolder] Collective #195227 20/02/08 09:45 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 483 Norway Deep3D OP Pan-dimensional mouse
OP Deep3D Pan-dimensional mouse Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 483 Norway	and when I delete it, it comes back.

Re: mirc.ini only contain [chanfolder] Deep3D #195236 20/02/08 01:35 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA Riamus2 Hoopy frood
Riamus2 Hoopy frood Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA	It's going to come back if it's used by the CHM help system in Windows. Just leave it. Invision Support #Invision on irc.irchighway.net

Re: mirc.ini only contain [chanfolder] Deep3D #195239 20/02/08 01:52 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,033 R RoCk Hoopy frood
RoCk Hoopy frood R Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,033	If I recall right, CHW is to CHM what GID is to HLP. If you rename mirc.chm to mirchelp.chm, then mirchelp.chw should be created. Don't forget to rename it back to mirc.chm. ~ Edit ~ I can't seem to get it to create the .chw file here.

Re: mirc.ini only contain [chanfolder] argv0 #195556 27/02/08 12:45 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 483 Norway Deep3D OP Pan-dimensional mouse
OP Deep3D Pan-dimensional mouse Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 483 Norway	If you do a fresh install of mIRC 6.31 and open mirc.ini located in mircdir/defaults/ it only contains [chanfolder] and some channels. Nothing else, can someone please tell me why?

Re: mirc.ini only contain [chanfolder] Deep3D #195557 27/02/08 12:48 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,138 London, UK C Collective Hoopy frood
Collective Hoopy frood C Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,138 London, UK	mirc.exe populates mirc.ini with the default settings if they're not present, so the installer doesn't need to. The reason for not putting the default favourites list in the executable as well is probably to make it easier to maintain.

Re: mirc.ini only contain [chanfolder] Deep3D #195569 27/02/08 03:32 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,962 Norwich, UK S starbucks_mafia Hoopy frood
starbucks_mafia Hoopy frood S Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,962 Norwich, UK	OK, you seem to be confused: The defaults directory is not your current settings, it is the 'template' for settings files that will be created for each user of your computer the first time they run mIRC. Your personal settings are located within your own user directory, at <DRIVE>:\Documents and Settings\<USERNAME>\Application Data\mIRC (on XP), <DRIVE>:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\mIRC (on Vista), and something slightly different on earlier versions of Windows. The Application Data/AppData directory is hidden (by Windows, not mIRC), so the easiest way to get to the folder is to open mIRC and type //run $mircdir Spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, and stupid comments are intentional.

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