Migrating Far Manager settings from another machine

Question

Is there an easy way to export/import settings for another machine’s instance of Far?

Answer 1

For Far Manager ver. 3.0:

Export settings:

Far.exe /export settings.cfg

Import settings:

Far.exe /import settings.cfg

Answer 2

For version 2:

1. Run SaveSettings.cmd from Far installation folder.
2. Copy FarSave1.reg and FarSave2.reg to target machine.
3. Run RestoreSettings.cmd there.

Answer 3

In Windows 10 all configs are located here:

C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Roaming\Far Manager

Just copy it to another PC.

Answer 4

You can use Far.exe.ini for these purposes:

;UseSystemProfiles lets you control the location of Far configuration files.
;When 1, configuration will be stored in
;%APPDATA%\Far Manager - for general configuration
;and
;%LOCALAPPDATA%\Far Manager - for history and cache
;When 2, configuration will be stored only in %APPDATA%\Far Manager
;When 0, configuration will be stored in UserProfileDir, UserLocalProfileDir
;The default is 1
;
UseSystemProfiles=0


;UserProfileDir/UserLocalProfileDir lets you define a custom location for Far configuration files.
;Takes effect only when UseSystemProfiles=0.
;The default for UserProfile is %FARHOME%\Profile
;By default UserLocalProfileDir == UserProfileDir
;
UserProfileDir=%FARHOME%\Profile
UserLocalProfileDir=%APPDATA%\Far Manager