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The locations for the local and workgroup folders are held in the Windows Registry Binary Keys "LocalFolder" and "WorkgroupFolder" found under...
Importer: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\i2\Analyst's Notebook 7\ComponentSettings\{29C4FFA7-28D6-4C95-8DEF-A666763F5B70}
Conditional Formatting: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\i2\Analyst's Notebook 7\ComponentSettings\{29C4FF9B-28D6-4C95-8DEF-A666763F5B70}
Please note that the values of these keys are stored as HEXA values.
For example, if the folder is C:\Data , then the value of the key will be :
If you double-click on the value of the key, you'll see the value displayed in Hexa and "normal" form :
If you want to change the value of the folder, you must :
1) Copy the location of the folder that you want to use.
For example, it could be D:\ANB_Folders
2) Use a tool to convert this text into an Hexa string.
There are several tools or websites that can do this for you. One example of a free website is :
https://www.online-toolz.com/tools/text-hex-convertor.php
(please note that this site is in no way related to IBM. Use at your own risk).
Copy the resulting Hexa output.
443a5c414e425f466f6c64657273
Add a space every 2 characters :
44 3a 5c 41 4e 42 5f 46 6f 6c 64 65 72 73
Add a "00" between each group of 2 letters (plus one at the end) :
44 00 3a 00 5c 00 41 00 4e 00 42 00 5f 00 46 00 6f 00 6c 00 64 00 65 00 72 00 73 00
Add "08 00 0E 00 00 00 " in front of the text :
08 00 0E 00 00 00 44 00 3a 00 5c 00 41 00 4e 00 42 00 5f 00 46 00 6f 00 6c 00 64 00 65 00 72 00 73 00
It is not really possible to paste it in the key value in the Registry Editor of Windows.
This is why you need to create a reg file.
The creation of a reg file is outside the scope of this document, so we'll recommend you to search on Internet for more information.
The content of the reg file will be, for example :
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\i2\Analyst's Notebook 7\ComponentSettings\{29C4FF9B-28D6-4C95-8DEF-A666763F5B70}] "WorkgroupFolder"=hex(7):08,00,0E,00,00,00,44,00,3a,00,5c,00,41,00,4e,00,42,00,5f,00,46,00,6f,00,6c,00,64,00,65,00,72,00,73,00
Save this file, and run it.
Check in the Registry that the value is now correct.
And also check in ANB that the change was processed.
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27 February 2020
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