Mapinfo settings - resetting a user profile

Occurrence

Occasionally, crashes on startup of Mapinfo  are caused by a corrupted user profile settings. Resetting these can sometimes resolve the crash.

Solution

Part 1 -
To reset and clean user profile of all MapInfo settings, you will need to delete or backup the following -

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\MapInfo
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\MapInfo

Note these are a hidden folder, Select to Show hidden items to view -



Part 2 -
Then navigate to start menu and search for "Registry Editor". Open this program, and then delete the entire registry folder -
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MapInfo



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Last Updated on: 1st of April, 2019