Configuration for Current User vs. All Users

When you configure FileLink, the settings you select are saved in the Windows registry in one of two locations depending on whether FileLink was installed to be used by the current user only or any user that may log onto a given PC. These types of installation are mutually exclusive.

When installed for the current user, settings are saved in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER (HKCU) registry location. Whenever this user logs onto Windows, FileLink finds the settings saved for this user in HKCU\Software\FileLink. If another user logs on and runs FileLink, there will be no saved settings associated with this user, and FileLink will have to configured anew. This permits each user to have unique configuration settings for FileLink.

In most cases this is fine. In some environments, however, you may wish to have a single configuration for all users on a given machine. In this case, settings are saved in the  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKLM) registry location and all FileLink users share a common configuration. This method must also be used if FileLink is to be operated as an NT service.

To accommodate both possibilities, FileLink first looks in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE for configuration settings. If the settings are not found, FileLink next looks in HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

If neither location contain FileLink configuration settings, it is likely that FileLink is being run without having been completely installed using the InstallShield setup wizard. In this case, FileLink automatically creates a default configuration for the current user. If the FileLink Configurator is run first in this situation, it prompts you to create a new configuration for the current user or for all users.