This is well hidden in the WriteLog help file (search for the "File
Extensions" page)
As of WriteLog version 12, the on-screen positions of the various
docking windows is not saved in the .WL file, but instead is in the
Windows registry. A snapshot of those registry settings is saved along
with the .wl file when you File/Save. The name of the file is the same
as the .wl file, but with -DockingPanes.reg appended to the name.
/There is no routine reason to use this file./ Its only purpose is to
enable recovering the on-screen window positions from the .wl file
when you copy that file from one machine to another, and therefore to
an environment where the Windows registry settings when you did
File/Save are not available at File/Open. Even in this special
situation, it might not be possible for WriteLog to make good use of
the previous on-screen window positions because the screen size (and
number of monitors) might not match what they were at File/Save time.
*Ken Widelitz*kwidelitz at gmail.com
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Hi Jeff,
Thanks for the suggestion. I was unaware of that tool and got excited when
I read your email, but no joy when I tried it. Nothing changed.
73, Ken, K6LA / VY2TT
On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM Jeff Stai <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com
<http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/writelog>> wrote:
>/I see Tools->Recover Window Layout exists, but it's not clear how it
works />/or if this is what you need - 73 jeff wk6i />//>/On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM Ken Widelitz <kwidelitz at gmail.com
<http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/writelog>> wrote: />//>>/I've transferred my Writelog.ini settings and a specific contest to a
new />>/laptop computer, identical to the one from which it was transferred. I />>/imported the .ini file and opened the .wl contest file. WL comes up with />>/the default Windows style toolbars and only the default windows for log />>/entry and log. />>//>>/Can I get the same Writelog windows setup on the laptop as on the old />>/computer without redoing it manually? />>//>>/73, Ken, K6LA / VY2Tt />>/_______________________________________________ />>/WriteLog mailing list />>/WriteLog at contesting.com
<http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/writelog> />>/http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/writelog />>/WriteLog on the web: http://www.writelog.com/ />>//>//>//>/-- />/Jeff Stai ~ WK6I ~ wk6i.jeff at gmail.com
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