[Trainer-Talk] NVDA with XP

[mcdiemert at gmail.com]

Thanks for all the thoughts.  I did manually save and check the box under general settings but no joy. 
I will try the portable version to see how that fairs. 


Matt Diemert 
Independent Assistive Technology Provider 

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Subject: Re: [Trainer-Talk] NVDA with XP

I honestly cannot recall a time when the "save configuration changes on exit" option was not the NVDA default, but, I never used NVDA at all during the Windows XP era, and that becoming the default could very well have been a later change.

Do what you were doing and make sure you manually save the configuration profile after having done so.

Gemini indicates that changed default occurred at NVDA 2017.3, but that could, of course, be in error:

NVDA officially changed its default behavior to automatically save the configuration profile on exit starting with *version 2017.3*, released in August 2017.

Before this update, users had to manually save their configuration (usually via the shortcut NVDA+Control+C or through the menu) or explicitly check a box in the General settings if they wanted changes to persist across sessions.

The NV Access development team made this shift to align NVDA with the behavior of most modern screen readers and standard software applications, reducing the frustration of users accidentally losing their customized settings when restarting their computers or closing the program.

If a user prefers the old behavior—where changes are discarded unless manually saved—the option can still be toggled in the *General Settings* category under *"Save configuration when exiting NVDA"*.
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