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Working with Defraggler's INI file

Defraggler uses internally-stored settings to determine how it appears and operates. You can modify these settings by setting Defraggler to create an external INI file and editing it. INI files are in plain text, so you can edit them with Notepad or manipulate them with other programs.

The Defraggler INI file must be located in the application installation folder (typically, C:\Program Files\Defraggler). By default, the INI file does not exist when you first install the application. To have Recuva generate it automatically, set the option for Defraggler to save its settings to an INI file.

To modify Defraggler's behavior using an INI file:

  1. Create or open the INI file in Notepad.
  2. Use the following entries as a reference.
Entry Description Notes
[Software\Piriform\Defraggler] INI file header. Do not modify.
MainWindowTopSplitterProportionalPos Vertical proportion of Drive section of Defraggler to the entire program window.
Determines how tall the Drive section is compared to the entire Defraggler window. This number plus the next number must add up to 5693.
Example: setting this number to 500 means that the Drive section would be 500/5693 * 100 = 8.8% of the vertical height of the program window. The next number would have to be set to (5693 - 500) = 5193.
MainWindowBottomSplitterProportionalPos Vertical proportion of Drive Map section of Defraggler to the entire program window. Determines how tall the Drive Map section is compared to the entire Defraggler window. This number plus the previous number must add up to 5693.
UpdateCheck=0 Binary flag for Defraggler's auto-check. 0=Defraggler does not automatically check for an update when it starts.
1=Defraggler checks for an update on start (Internet connection required).
UpdateKey The date and time Defraggler last checked for an update. In this format YYYYMMDD
UpdateFrequency How often the Defraggler main window will be updated during the defrag procedure.
This number is in milliseconds, and by default is 10 ms.
MoveLargeFilesToEndOfDrive Binary flag. 1 = Moves large files as set in the Options to the end of the hard drive being defragmented.
0 = Defragments drive without moving large files.
MinLargeFileSize The minimum file size for Defraggler to use when selecting files to move to the end of the drive.
This number is in MB. For example, setting it to 250 would mean Defraggler would only move files larger than 250MB.
MoveOnlySelectedLargeFilesCategories Binary flag. 1 = Moves only large files that belong to categories specified in the Options.
0 = Moves all files.
LargeFilesCategories
Lists the categories of large files for Defraggler to move, all on one line. To add a new category, use the following syntax:
<Name>;[selection flag]|

Example 1: Test;1|  This would create a new category called Test that would have a check box by default.
Example 1: New;2|  This would create a new category called New that would not be selected by default.

If you create a new category, you must add extensions to it in the next entry.
LargeFilesExtensions
Lists the file extensions for the large file categories for Defraggler, all on one line. To add a new set of file extensions, use the following syntax:
<*.[ext1]|*.[ext2]|etc.

Example: <*.tst|*.ts2  This would include files with the extensions .TST and .TS2.

Note: The order of the set of file extensions corresponds to the order of the categories in the entry above. For example, if your new category is fifth in the category list, its extensions must be fifth in the extension list.

Note #2: Do not precede the first set of extensions with a left-angled bracket (  <  ).
Language=1033 The locale ID for Defraggler's current display language. For a list of locale IDs, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/221435. For a list of Defraggler's supported languages, see this topic.
window_left
The position of the left edge of the Defraggler window, in pixels.

window_top
The position of the top edge of the Defraggler window, in pixels.
window_width
The width of the Defraggler window, in pixels.
window_height The height of the Defraggler window, in pixels.
window_max Binary flag.
1 = Defraggler window is maximized.
0 = Defraggler window is not maximized.
filelist_columns The width of the file list columns in pixels.

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