topic Re: Problem with resetting settings.ini by QlikView in QlikView

Problem with resetting settings.ini by QlikView

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

Hi i have this problem, QlikView sometimes in automatic reset the setting.ini file... i not understand why..

i mean the file settings.ini into this directory: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\QlikTech\QlikView

i think that becouse sometimes qlik ask me to choice the language of my interface, lost all recently files open, and ask me to allow safe macro when a project have a macro....

has anyone had this problem know how to fix it?

Thanks

Re: Problem with resetting settings.ini by QlikView

Chip_Matejowsky — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 18:14:18 GMT

So your issue is that the QlikView Desktop Settings.ini file is reverting back to default settings without any intervention by you?

Re: Problem with resetting settings.ini by QlikView

danosoft — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:37:21 GMT

Hi i don't know if Settings.ini reverting back to default (is possible) but i think yes becouse sometimes it ask me that, to allow macro and to select the the language

Re: Problem with resetting settings.ini by QlikView

marcus_sommer — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 12:27:07 GMT

The macro/language query here is an effect and not the cause. The cause could be that anyone (personal or through any security tool) removed the settings.ini and/or restricted (it might be just temporary) the access - is no settings.ini available a new one with certain default-settings will be created. Thinkable is also that the file is corrupt in some way and is therefore replaced with a new one. AFAIK there could be also some additionally tools like NPrinting be involved ...

The only real solution is to backup the settings.ini regularly. Of course you could try to trace to the cause by saving the file-time and looking within the varying log-files (at first starting with the windows event-log) but even if you find the real cause to get the file back is rather unlikely.

- Marcus

Re: Problem with resetting settings.ini by QlikView

danosoft — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:18:27 GMT

Hi thanks you for reply... but i have the same problem now... the screenshot of Macro appear when i open Qlik, so i go to see the settings.ini if changed, but i see it not changed... inside it i see:

AllowServerSystemAccessMacros=1

so.... why it ask me again that? 😞

This is my .ini file:

[Settings 7]
InterfaceLanguage=Italian
HelpLanguage=S
InstalledLIBID110={***}
CanDynamicUpdate=1
AllowServerSystemAccessMacros=1
NumberOfDocumentCals=10
LeasedLicenseExpiry=2020-04-22 15:09:30, 2020-03-23 15:09:30
LeasedLicenseCheck=***
LeasedLicenseServer=qvp://***
MarginTop=20
CurrentQVConnect64Loc=
PrintTimestamp=0
PrintWindowTitle=0
PrintSelectionHistory=0
Utf8FileDlgPathOpenDoc=***
CurrentQVConnect32Loc=
InstalledLIBID110OCX={***}
[WindowPos]
DlgPos306=652,413,567,269,0
DlgPos233=230,160,694,493,0
DlgPos335=467,235,771,565,0
DlgPos253=301,83,1615,870,0
DlgPos29371=588,219
DlgPos322=-4,-4,1928,1060,1
DlgPos336=534,311,852,430,0
DlgPos29053=561,240
DlgPos29054=598,259
DlgPos262=20,108,362,217,0
DlgPos30635=640,305
DlgPos28580=627,265
DlgPos31186=598,259
DlgPos467=726,350,468,352,0
DlgPos29306=573,257
DlgPos323=536,200,1164,780,0
[Module Checksums Safe]
***=
***=
***=
[Recent File List]
File1=****.qvw
[Module Checksums System]
***

***

Re: Problem with resetting settings.ini by QlikView

marcus_sommer — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 17:09:06 GMT

AllowServerSystemAccessMacros is a server-setting which could be manually set with in the settings.ini - means not from the desktop client else from the server - or which could be configured within the QMC. IMO it has nothing to do with resetting/replacing the existing settings.ini with a new default one.

The setting which you need to prevent the macro-query is:

MacroLaunchConfirmation=0

but if the used settings.ini disappeared it will be vanished, too.

- Marcus

Re: Problem with resetting settings.ini by QlikView

danosoft — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 08:02:40 GMT

So you think i can try to put this code in the in file?

MacroLaunchConfirmation=0

Becouse if i try to put this option with 1 value... and i restart Qlikview Server, it not show me the windows to accept the macro when i open my project

Thanks

Re: Problem with resetting settings.ini by QlikView

marcus_sommer — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:59:02 GMT

The setting MacroLaunchConfirmation is a client-setting and not a server-setting - means it must be set within the settings.ini from the users.

- Marcus

Re: Problem with resetting settings.ini by QlikView

danosoft — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 10:18:48 GMT

The setting.ini i sent is in this directory: C:\Users\<my_user>\AppData\Roaming\QlikTech\QlikView

where is it the setting.ini you speak about?

Re: Problem with resetting settings.ini by QlikView

marcus_sommer — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 11:20:40 GMT

Yes, this settings.ini was meant - you mentioned a restart of the server so I thought you changed the settings.ini from them.

Normally the macro-launch settings controlled if there is a macro-query or not whereby I'm now not absolutely sure if there aren't further settings.ini which may have also an effect on the matter. I believe there must be more because this setting would need more possible values as 0 or 1 respectively false or true if it should all control all aspects of enabling, showing and executing the macros - therefore take another look within the file if there are other macro-settings, too.

- Marcus

Re: Problem with resetting settings.ini by QlikView

danosoft — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 13:20:33 GMT

Thanks, let me know if you find something, thanks for reply, yes i am in the server and i open QV there for modified my project with the user where the .ini file directory.

Sincerly i not know if the .ini file can be the problem, but i think yes becouse for all things i wrote before.

BTW sometimes qlik ask me to choice the language of my interface, lost all recently files open, and ask me to allow safe macro when a project have a macro.... (like the picture i sent before)

Re: Problem with resetting settings.ini by QlikView

marcus_sommer — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 16:07:23 GMT

Just take another look on my first answer within this posting. You need to monitor in some way who used the settings.ini and when is it stored and what is the filetime when the file is replaced with the default one to find the cause.

- Marcus

Re: Problem with resetting settings.ini by QlikView

Brett_Bleess — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 15:05:20 GMT

Marcus is spot on in his diagnosis here, the macro is a symptom of things, not the cause, the macro security selection is written to the Settings.ini in one of three sections, Module Checksums Blocked, Module Checksums Safe and Module Checksums System I believe, so the underlying root cause is why you do not have rights to modify the Settings.ini file within your User Profile, which you are going to need to open a ticket with your internal HelpDesk team to resolve, as we cannot tell you why that is going to be, but that should be the root cause. The reason things work while you have the app open is things are stored in memory, so all good until you close the QV.exe process, then those settings are cleared from memory and we are back to the cycle of having to make the selection again...

Regards,
Brett