Favourites, Startup Options, Preferences

[musikman1]

This is a kick-butt utility, congrats!

This is a very nit-picky "buglet" that has confounded me:

I have a specific folder that is the "jumping off" place of every instance that I use BRU. However, my attempts to get BRU to access this folder on startup has met with dismal failure on my part.

System: WinXP-SP3, 2Gb RAM, 300GB free disk space.
BRU: Installed in C:\Program Files\Bulk Rename Utility
Running V2.7.1.2


Used Notepad to load Bulk Rename Utility.ini and changed:

[Tip]
TimeStamp="2011/05/12 21:49:47"
FilePos=107
[Preferences]
[MY CHANGE] Favourite Path="d:\downloads\fs\"
Rename Pairs Path=""
[MY CHANGE] Auto Save Favourite On Exit=1
[MY CHANGE]Store Favourite Pathnames=1
Display Icons=1
Highlight Active Criteria=1
Display Warning Message=0
Display Confirmation Message=1
Display Gridlines=0
Display Picture Viewer=0
Group Affected Files=0
Sort FF Together=0
Full Row Select=0
Overwrite Target Files=0
Log Activity=0
New Location Copy Not Move=0
Prevent Duplicates=1
Reverse Order=0
Display Filesizes As=3
Retain Autonumber=0
Extract Exif Data=0
Extract ID3 Data=0
Auto Select Entries=0
Ignore Folder Extensions=1
Ignore File Extensions=0
Logical Sorting=0
Colour New Name OK=32772
Colour New Name Invalid=255
Colour Active Criteria=17919
Sort Column=0
Sort Dir=1
Change Created Timestamp=0
Change Modified Timestamp=0
Change Accessed Timestamp=0
Created Timestamp=0
Modified Timestamp=0
Accessed Timestamp=0
Created Timestamp Delta=0
Modified Timestamp Delta=0
Accessed Timestamp Delta=0
Created Timestamp Delta Negative=0
Modified Timestamp Delta Negative=0
Accessed Timestamp Delta Negative=0
Change Attributes=0
[General]
Path=""
[Regular Expressions]
Match=""
Replace=""
Include Extension=0
[Filename]
Mode=0
Fixed=""
[Replacements]
Replace=""
With=""
[Case]
Change=0
Exceptions=""
[Removals]
First N="0"
Last N="0"
From="0"
To="0"
Chars=""
Words=""
All Digits=0
All Chars=0
All Symbols=0
All High=0
Trim=0
Double Space=0
Accents=0
Crop Mode=0
Crop Marker=""
Lead Dots=0
[MoveCopy]
Source=0
Number="1"
Target=0
Target Pos="1"
Separator=""
[Additions]
Prefix=""
Text=""
Text Pos="0"
Suffix=""
WordSpace=0
[Auto Date]
Mode=0
Type=0
Format=0
Separator=""
Segments=""
Custom=""
Century=0
Offset="0"
[Folder Name]
Mode=0
Separator=""
Levels="1"
[Auto-Number]
Mode=0
Start="1"
Insert="0"
Increment="1"
Pad="0"
Break="0"
Separator=""
Type=8
Numerals=0
Break Folder=0
[Extension]
Mode=0
Fixed=""
[Selections]
Filter="*"
Filter Match Case=0
Files=1
Folders=1
Subfolders=0
Hidden=0
Min Name Length="0"
Min Path Length="0"
Max Name Length="0"
Max Path Length="0"
[New Location]
Path=""
[Criteria]
RegEx=1
File=1
Replace=1
Case=1
Removals=1
MoveCopy=1
Additions=1
AutoDate=1
Folder=1
AutoNumber=1
Extension=1

Just those THREE lines changed (plus "1" for the pic viewer).

Saved As Bulk Rename Utility.ini
Saved As rick.bru


- I have edited the Bulk Rename Utility.ini file, no success.
- I have resaved as Bulk Rename Utility.bru, no success
- I have resaved as rick.bru, no success upon running BRU, but can't find any "help" file that shows how to call up a specific "favourite" in the command line.
- I have resaved as rick.bru, no success upon running BRU, then Open, and selecting rick.bru
- I have browsed to the folder, then immediately exited using File -> Exit
- I have browsed to the folder, then immediately File -> Save
- I have browsed to the folder, then immediately File -> Save As (gives no popup to name the .bru file, just exits like Save)

I'm sure I'm just missing a FAQ or USER MANUAL somewhere along the line. I read the entire CHM file, as well as browsed the heck out of it via the HELP util, no go.

Feel free to slap me with a trout and then point me to my mistake.

Cheers!

Rick

[Stefan]

>>I have a specific folder that is the "jumping off" place of every instance that I use BRU.
>>However, my attempts to get BRU to access this folder on startup


As far as i understood
you want to start BRU every time with the same working folder opened?

* start BRU
* browse to the folder
* be sure all rules are set to default (or like you want)
* use "File > Save as..." and save the current settings to f.ex. the BRU folder as f.ex. "MyWorkingDir"

Next time you start BRU it will automatically open that folder for you.

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For references:

This is how my "Bulk Rename Utility.ini" is saved:

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[Preferences]
Favourite Path="H:\BulkRenameUtilitie\Favorites\MyWorkingDir.bru"
Rename Pairs Path=""
Auto Save Favourite On Exit=0
Store Favourite Pathnames=0

You see, as "Favourite Path" in the INI there is an link to the *.bru file to load.

And in my "MyWorkingDir.bru" favorite file there is the default folder ("C:\Temp") to load at startup:

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[General]
Path="C:\Temp"
[Regular Expressions]

HTH?

(If you are interested: There is an thread somewhere about DEFAULT.bru, >>> http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3468#p3468)