SCID 4.12 not saving options

I have SCID 4.12 and have not been able to get my windows to save even if I save options or if "Auto Save" is selected. I do not have this problem in SCID 4.11. Anyone else having this issue?

Eric,

No, I'm not having this problem.  As a test, I just confirmed it by changing my chess piece font, the color of my squares, the background color, etc.

I closed the program and re-opened it and all of the changes were there.  They had been saved properly.

The only thing I can think of is maybe the options.dat file somehow became read-only?  But if so, I'd like to think you would then be getting an error when the program tried to write to it.

Try deleting the options.dat file completely, so the program then creates a new one, and see what happens.

I deleted it... the options.dat file got recreated... but still not saving my window positions. I wonder if I messed something up when I modified the gui file...

If you're referring to the size of the board and where in my window the board is located, that's never been saved for me!  Not in any version that I've ever had.  I wasn't aware this info was supposed to be saved.

And no, I doubt seriously you would have messed this up when editing the file.

Sounds like you've installed it into "program files" ?  This is definitely not recommended for windows 64 bit, and i should include stronger warnings.

Post the contents of the Help->startup window if you're still having trouble.

Steven, I wasn't aware you didn't recommend installing the program in the Program Files folder.  Does this include the "C:\Program Files (x86)" folder?  I've always installed the program in this folder.  I might be wrong but I think that folder comes up as the default folder for me.  I have a Windows 64 bit system and yet I don't believe I've ever had a problem with the program not saving my options.

Here are the contents of my startup window:

Scid vs. PC 4.14 (Apr 7, 2015).
http://scidvspc.sourceforge.net

(C) Steven Atkinson (stevenaaus@yahoo.com) 2008-2014
(C) Pascal Georges 2006-2008
(C) Shane Hudson 1999-2004
(C) Fulvio Benini, Gregor Cramer and others.
Licenced under the GNU General Public License.

Command line is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Scid vs PC-4.14\bin\scid.gui collins.pgn"
User directory is "C:/Program Files (x86)/Scid vs PC-4.14/bin"
TkImg found. Enabling png image support.
Loaded options from "C:\Program Files (x86)\Scid vs PC-4.14\bin\config\options.dat".
Using Tcl/Tk version: 8.5.17
Windows NT operating system, version 6.1

scidShareDir is C:/Program Files (x86)/Scid vs PC-4.14/bin
scidBasesDir is C:\Program Files (x86)\Scid vs PC-4.11\bin\bases
scidBooksDir is E:/Chess/Books
True type fonts (PGN figurines) enabled.
User Pieces: reading C:\Program Files (x86)\Scid vs PC-4.14\bin\pieces
Loaded file font_alpha.txt
Loaded file font_alpha2.txt
Loaded file font_burnett.txt
Loaded file font_chesscube.txt
Loaded file font_fritz.txt
Loaded file font_fritzsws.txt
Loaded file font_habsburg.txt
Loaded file font_habsburg_OS.txt
Loaded file font_hastings.txt
Loaded file font_merida1.txt
Loaded file font_merida2.txt
Loaded file font_uscf.txt
Loaded file font_uscf_gold.txt
Loaded file font_zurich.txt
User Textures: processing C:\Program Files (x86)\Scid vs PC-4.14\bin\textures
   Adding texture texture-01
   Adding texture texture-02
   Adding texture texture-03
   Adding texture texture-04
   Adding texture texture-05
   Adding texture texture-06
   Adding texture texture-07
   Adding texture texture-08
   Adding texture texture-09
   Adding texture texture-10
   10 user textures found (max).
Initializing Sound...
   Snack sound package found: Move speech enabled.
   Available output devices are: {Wave Mapper} {Speakers (Realtek High Definiti (Win multimedia)} {AMD HDMI Output (AMD High Defin (Win multimedia)} {Primary Sound Driver (DirectSound)} {Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio) (DirectSound)} {AMD HDMI Output (AMD High Definition Audio Device) (DirectSound)}
   Succesfully set Snack output device to Speakers (Realtek High Definiti (Win multimedia)
   Found 29 of 31 sound files in C:\Program Files (x86)\Scid vs PC-4.11\bin\sounds
Docking mode enabled.
Searching for player photos.
  Found 2 photos in engines-2.spf
  Found 9585 photos in FIDE.spf
  Found 492 photos in historic.spf
  Found 3 photos in my_photos.spf
  Found 283 photos in wikipedia.spf
Unable to load Correspondence options file correspondence.dat
http package 2.7.13 found
tDOM package 0.8.3 found
Checking for endgame tablebase files.
    Tablebases with up to 5 pieces were found.
ECO file "C:\Program Files (x86)\Scid vs PC-4.11\bin\data\scid.eco"  loaded: 10360 positions.
Spellcheck file "C:/Program Files (x86)/Scid vs PC-4.11/bin/data/spelling.ssp" loaded:
    153109 players, 11 events, 804 sites, 20 rounds.
Opening database: C:/Program Files (x86)/Scid vs PC-4.14/bin/collins.pgn ...
   Database "C:/Program Files (x86)/Scid vs PC-4.14/bin/collins.pgn" opened: 365 games.