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Chapter 10 Personalizing JMP 349
Specifying File Locations and Associations
Specifying File Locations (Windows and Linux Only)
Although you should leave most installed files in the default installation directory, you can change the
default locations of JMP system files. Instances when you might want to move them include:
• You want to move large files, such as the help files (for example, the jmp.chm file on Windows and
the .html files on Linux), to somewhere other than your hard drive.
• Information in the installation directory is needed by technical support.
• You want to designate a directory where the preferences file directory (jmp.pfs on Windows and
jmpPreferences on Linux) should be stored. You can point to a directory even if there is no jmp.pfs
or jmpPreferences file already in it. When JMP saves the preferences, it will create the jmp.pfs or
jmpPreferences file in that directory.
Additionally, you can set the associations so that when you open a file, JMP always starts the path in a
specified location.
To change the default file association:
1 Select File > Preferences.
2 Click the File Locations category, as shown in Figure 10.13.
3 Highlight the item in the list whose location you would like to change. Its current location appears
in the text box.
Note: On Windows, select Data Files directory or Save As directory when you want JMP to use
the specified directory every time you select File > Open, Save, or Save As. You must also check
the box beside Always go to this directory when the File Open is displayed or Always go to this
directory when Data/Journal Save As is displayed.
On Linux, select Data Files directory and set the directory path you want JMP to use every time
you select File > Open.
4 Click Browse.
5 Navigate into a directory where the file should be stored and select it.
Note: To reset the file location settings to the default location, delete the path of the current location
and leave the box empty.
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