How to Reset a Windows Program to Its Default Settings

In the event that a system isn't working right, simply reinstalling it won't essentially settle it. You may need to reset the project to its default settings, and a few projects don't offer a simple approach to do this. 
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You can eradicate any program's settings from your machine in the event that you simply know where they are. We'll reveal to you the most well-known spots projects store their settings and show how to find any program's settings.

The Easy Way

You'll conceivably have the capacity to reset a program's settings by uninstalling it and checking the "Erase inclination" or "Erase settings" confine the uninstaller. This choice is typically unchecked as a matter of course. Reinstall the system in the wake of uninstalling it. 

Not every project has this alternative in its uninstaller. on the off chance that the project doesn't have this choice, you'll need to chase down its settings somewhere else.

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Use a Reset Option

A few projects have an implicit Reset choice. For instance, Firefox can reset itself to its default settings so you don't need to upset your Firefox profiles envelopes. Access this choice in Firefox by clicking the menu catch, clicking the inquiry imprint formed Help catch, selecting Troubleshooting Information, and clicking Reset Firefox. Chrome, Internet Explorer, and some different projects have comparable choices.

Locate and Delete the Program’s Settings

Before you erase anything by hand, be additional cautious. In the event that you erase the wrong envelope or registry key, you could eradicate an alternate program's settings or reason issues with your framework arrangement. Here's the place most projects store their settings: 

Your client account's Appdata envelope: You can get to this organizer by connecting C:\users\name\appdata to File Explorer or Windows Explorer's location bar and pressing Enter. This envelope is covered up as a matter of course. Most applications ought to store their settings in Appdata\roaming, yet numerous store settings in the Appdata\local envelope. 

The Windows registry: You can open the Registry Editor by pressing Windows Key + R, writing regedit in the Run dialog, and pressing Enter. You'll by and large discover a program's settings under Hkey_current_user\software or Hkey_local_machine\software. Erase a program's settings by spotting its key (envelope), right-clicking it, and erasing it. 
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Be extremely watchful while doing this — erase the wrong registry key and your Windows framework may get to be truly harmed. Case in point, in case you're attempting to wipe out Mumble's settings, don't hesitate to erase the Hkey_current_user\software\mumble key. Yet don't erase the Hkey_current_user\software\microsoft key or you could result in intense issues. 

The Programdata envelope: This organizer is spotted at C:\programdata — plug C:\programdata into your document administrator's location bar and press Enter to get to it. Erase the envelopes for a system and it ought to wipe its settings. Windows strengths old projects to store their settings here in the event that they attempt to keep in touch with them to their Program Files envelopes. Current Windows programs shouldn't store their settings under their envelope in Program Files. 

Applications may store their settings somewhere else, as well. Case in point, numerous amusements store their settings and spared recreations in envelopes under your Documents organizer. A modest bunch of uses store their settings in your fundamental client organizer at C:\users\name. 

A few projects may store settings in a few better places — for instance, in both the Appdata\roaming envelope and in the reg

Inspect the Program With Process Monitor

Process Monitorcan demonstrate to you where a project stores its settings. We've coveredusing Process Monitor to look at precisely what a project is doing. 

Run Process Monitor, and afterward open the application you need to reset. Procedure Monitor will log precisely what documents and registry keys the project inspects — this will let you know where its putting away its settings. You can then utilize Process Monitor to see precisely what documents and settings the system is utilizing. Click the Filter menu and select Filter. Make a "Picture Path" envelope and select the program's way in the drop-down box. 
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You'll see just the occasions connected with that specific project. Span through the rundown and search for where the project stores its settings. Here, we can see Windirstat understands its settings from the Hkey_current_user\software\seifert\windirstat registry key. 

Shut the project, erase the proper registry keys and documents, and it ought to be reset to its default settings. You might likewise need to reinstall the system in the wake of doing this — it relies on upon the project. A few projects can recuperate from having their registry keys wiped out and will joyfully begin with the default settings, while a few projects will grumble on the grounds that they require the installer to make their registry keys for t