Preferences.dat file - Revision history

Reorder: /* Description */ Pointing to amule.conf

2012-06-17T13:02:59Z

‎Description: Pointing to amule.conf

Reorder: Category:Program Files

2011-01-11T17:50:28Z

Category:Program Files

Mstar at 07:55, 10 January 2010

2010-01-10T07:55:00Z

GonoszTopi: Updated to current usage.

2008-09-25T09:46:55Z

Updated to current usage.

83.42.86.182 at 04:17, 28 August 2005

2005-08-28T04:17:00Z

83.42.86.182 at 03:50, 28 August 2005

2005-08-28T03:50:19Z

83.42.86.182 at 03:30, 28 August 2005

2005-08-28T03:30:24Z

80.224.220.41 at 19:37, 17 December 2004

2004-12-17T19:37:33Z

80.224.220.41 at 19:34, 17 December 2004

2004-12-17T19:34:25Z

Jacobo221 at 14:53, 9 December 2004

2004-12-09T14:53:05Z

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	This file used to store [[eMule]]'s configuration in it's earlier versions. Nowadays, it only stores the userhash and the configuration file version.		This file used to store [[eMule]]'s configuration in it's earlier versions. Nowadays, it only stores the userhash and the configuration file version.
		+
		+	Most user preferences are now stored in the [[amule.conf file]].

	== Data ==		== Data ==

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	*Configuration file version: ''20'' (In hex: ''0x14'')		*Configuration file version: ''20'' (In hex: ''0x14'')
	*Userhash: ''2C1662179C0ECE024555A85A566C6F49''		*Userhash: ''2C1662179C0ECE024555A85A566C6F49''
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		+	[[Category:Program Files]]

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		+	<center>
		+	'''English''' \|
		+	[[Preferences.dat_file-tw\|正體中文]]
		+	</center>
		+
	== File ==		== File ==

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 == Description ==
-This file stores the userhash and the configuration file version for your client in the [[FAQ_ed2k|ed2k network]].
+This file used to store [[eMule]]'s configuration in it's earlier versions. Nowadays, it only stores the userhash and the configuration file version.
-In old times, this file used to store [[eMule]]'s configuration.
 == Data ==
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 == Format ==
-All the fields are stored without any separator character. This is done like this because all the fields have a specific size:
+The file format is as follows:
-*''Version'': 1 byte
-*''Userhash'': 2 bytes
-*''Length'': 4 bytes
-*''Flags'': 4 bytes
-*''Showcmd'': 4 bytes
-*''Maxpositionx'': 4 bytes
-*''Maxpositiony'': 4 bytes
-*''Minpositionx'': 4 bytes
-*''Minpositiony'': 4 bytes
-*''Normalpositionleft'': 4 bytes
-*''Normalpositiontop'': 4 bytes
-*''Normalpositionright'': 4 bytes
-*''Normalpositionbottom'': 4 bytes
-The relevant fields are the following:
+'''Version Userhash'''
-*''Version'': Specifies the configuration file version (the format defined in this articles corresponds to version 20).
-*''Userhash'': The userhash.
-*''Length'': Length in bytes of the file not counting th Version and Userhash fields (should be 38 bytes).
-Once this data is put together, it is stored in little-endian.
+Size of each field is as follows:
 == Example ==
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 The following is a hex dump of an hypothetic ''preferences.dat'' file:
-''a3143e6f12dd445b12a0c3c6f7ca5b2d00230000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000''
+''14 2C 16 62 17 9C 0E CE 02 45 55 A8 5A 56 6C 6F 49''
 In the above example, the following data can be seen:
 *Configuration file version: ''20'' (In hex: ''0x14'')
-*Userhash: ''A36F3EDD125B44A012C6C3CAF72D5B23''
+*Userhash: ''2C1662179C0ECE024555A85A566C6F49''
-*Other fields: Set to zero (''0'')
-−
-== Extra ==
-−
-[[aMule]] ignores the ''main window position'', ''main window size'', ''length'', ''flags'' and ''showcmd'' fields in this file. That's the reason why this fields aren't explained in this article.
-−
-All this ignored fields are set to zero by [[aMule]]. Even if they were set to some other value, [[aMule]] will never read those values. Instead, it uses the preferences set in ''~/.eMule''

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 == Format ==
-The file format is as follows:
+All the fields are stored without any separator character. This is done like this because all the fields have a specific size:
-−
-'''VersionUserhashLengthFlagsShowcmdMaxpositionxMaxpositionyMinpositionxMinpositionyNormalpositionleftNormalpositiontopNormalpositionrightNormalpositionbottom'''
-−
-As you can see, all the fields are stored without any separator character. This is done like this because all the fields have a specific size:
 *''Version'': 1 byte
 *''Userhash'': 2 bytes

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		+	== File ==
		+
		+	'''Name:''' ''preferences.dat''
		+
		+	'''Location:''' ''~/.aMule/''
		+
	== Description ==		== Description ==