Column widths not preserved between sessions

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KimBastin
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Column widths not preserved between sessions

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After installing TC 9.0a 64 bit on a new system and copying wincmd.ini across from the old system, I find that TC no longer remembers the column widths I have set from one session to the next, even though I click on Save Position and Save Settings after setting them as I want. The columns I mean are those headed Name, Ext, Size, Date, Attr in the file list.

Is there any way of fixing this? I’m pretty sure it is not the behaviour I saw on my old system.
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Make sure to set the option to your needs:
Configuration - Options - Operation: Save on exit
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sqa_wizard wrote:Make sure to set the option to your needs:
Configuration - Options - Operation: Save on exit
All four options under Save on exit are checked: Directories, Panels…, Old command lines, Directory history.

In wincmd.ini I find the following possibly relevant settings:

Tabstops=362,370,446,321,878,93

and

[Tabstops]
0=62
1=73
3=149
4=-1
6=729
5=93
AdjustWidth=0
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Adjust TC window as you want then use cm_ConfigSavePos to save columns width, panel divider, window state (maximized, normal) etc...

You can find cm_ConfigSavePos under Configuration menu.
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2KimBastin
even though I click on Save Position and Save Settings after setting them as I want.
It sounds like your wincmd.ini file is not writeable - make sure you have permission to write to the file
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petermad wrote:2KimBastin
even though I click on Save Position and Save Settings after setting them as I want.
oops I missed this :oops:
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