topic Re: setting.ini problem in QlikView

setting.ini problem

jtj02080208 — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

File Path: C:\Users\<my_user>\AppData\Roaming\QlikTech\QlikView

I know that if I delete the setting.ini file, it will be recreated, but it is not created.

Why?
Is there any solution?

Re: setting.ini problem

Maria_Halley — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 07:59:32 GMT

@jtj02080208

In general, never delete settings files without taking a copy of the file.

Are you testing this with QlikView Desktop or IE-Plugin? If you use plug-in, try starting Desktop and see if it gets created.

Also note that the settings file will be on the machine where the user is launching it.

Uninstalling and reinstalling Desktop/plug-in should solve the problem.

Re: setting.ini problem

Daniele_Purrone — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 08:05:25 GMT

So, what happens if you.

Quit QlikView
rename the file
relaunch QlikView?

You should get a prompt asking you to pick the language:

If not, do you still have the old settings within the application?
It might be that your Windows Administrators are disabling roaming profiles, in that case you might find the actual settings.ini under the "Local" subfolder of AppData instead than the "Roaming" one.

Re: setting.ini problem

jtj02080208 — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 08:46:40 GMT

I do not understand the use of a plugin, please explain in detail.

When I opened QVW from the access point with Internet Explorer, the module security change (control+shift+m or control+m) did not work, so I deleted setting.ini, but it was not recreated.

Re: setting.ini problem

jtj02080208 — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 08:49:50 GMT

The file name cannot be changed because the user has opened QVW in an access point and there is no actual QVW file. Or if there is a way to change it let me know

and C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local You mean the setting.ini file is created in this location?

Re: setting.ini problem

Daniele_Purrone — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 13:47:49 GMT

@jtj02080208 by "rename the file", I meant the settings.ini file. The one you had deleted, after putting it back (I'm assuming you kept a copy).

Re: setting.ini problem

jtj02080208 — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 00:28:08 GMT

in that case you might find the actual settings.ini under the "Local" subfolder of AppData instead than the "Roaming" one.

C:\Users\<my_user>\AppData\Local You mean the setting.ini file is created in this location?

Or is it created in C:\Users\<my_user>\AppData\Roaming\QlikTech\QlikView?

Re: setting.ini problem

Daniele_Purrone — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 07:35:51 GMT

You should check under C:\Users\<my_user>\AppData\Local\QlikTech\QlikView for instance.