Annoyance with Mapsource

Is there a way to get Mapsource to show the same area every time it opens on
the PC ? As it is now it will open showing the area it showed when it was
closed.This is quite annoying as I often useMapsource to investigate areas
some way from home, but I would like to have it showing my home area every
time it starts. I am using the latest version 6.9.1

Jan M Sørensen wrote:


Start the program and click on Save As... and see what it offers for a
folder, file name, and file type.

There may be a default file in the offered folder or in the program
files folder that it used when you started the program and then it saves
to that same file when you close the program.

If you can identify the file, save the screen you want to it by exiting
the program. The change the files attributes to read only from Windows
Explorer. If you get an error when you close the program because the
file is read only, you can ignore it or, if you want the current area,
save it under a different name.

Sometimes you can look in the *.ini file in the program files folder and
figure out what the name of the default file is.

Jack

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On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 18:31:36 -0000, David Lee wrote:


David,

this leads to a very simple workaround.

Locate the registry key and export it once after setting it up
to your liking. Edit the exported file to contain only the
desired settings. Delete all others.

Make a batch file that first imports the .reg file into the
registry, using the regedit /s filename.reg syntax, then starts
MapSource.

Problem solved.

Hans-Georg

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By opening the map file instead of the program, it will open those maps with
the program.

Sorry, but this won't help. Even if I save my home area map and open the
Mapcource by clicking on that file, it still opens showing the area it
showed when I closed the program.