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1. #IBM CLIENT ACCESS 7.1 WINDOWS 10 UPDATE#
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3. #IBM CLIENT ACCESS 7.1 WINDOWS 10 WINDOWS 7#

To change this path for all users on a particular Windows screen, run the following CWBCFG command. You should also note that any changes made to the “Path for PC5250 emulator files” screen only apply to the currently logged on user. This can come in handy if you want to store PC5250 files on a network drive rather on a local drive, as you can designate any location that can be reached by a signed on user. Clicking on this option allows you to browse your Windows computer settings to designate the PC5250 files location. User Specified Path–Use this variable if you want to define a specific folder that is accessible by your PC5250 users.

You can view the %AppData% system path variable by running the following string in a Windows command screen. My Application Data can be a good choice for machines that are primarily used by a single user, rather than shared by several users. My Application Data–This option stores the files in the Application Data path for the logged in user, as defined in the %AppData% Windows system path variable. %ALLUSERSPROFILE% is the default location for the Path to PC5250 emulator files parameter.

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You can type the following string in on a Windows command screen (CMD) to see the %ALLUSERSPROFILE% value on a Windows 7 PC. The All Users profile directory contains the settings and resources that are used by all systems accounts on the machine, so it’s a good place to store PC5250 data for machines that have more than one user.

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%ALLUSERSPROFILE% is a Windows environment variable that expands to designate the full path to the Windows All Users profile directory. The “Path to PC5250 emulator files” section allows you to specify one of the following paths for storing your PC5250 support files.Īll Users Application Data–Using this option stores the files in the %ALLUSERSPROFILE%IBMClient Accessemulatorprivate folder. As shown on this IBM i Access for Windows 7.1 properties screen, there’s an option called “Path to PC5250 emulator files” under the PC5250 tab that allows you to change your emulator files path. IBM changed this default location starting with System i Access for Windows 6.1 and above. Non-admin users weren’t able to save changes to their workstation session profiles so they were either stuck with their session profiles the way they were delivered or they had to request help if they wanted to make any changes. Because System i Access for Windows was installed under the Program Files folder, this location created a problem for users who weren’t administrators on their Windows machine.

Prior to 6.1, PC5250 configuration files were usually stored in the System i Access for Windows installation pathEmulatorPrivate folder. Starting with System i Access for Windows 6.1, IBM allowed users and IBM i administrators to specify their own default path for PC5250 configuration files (.ws files), keyboard files (.kbd), macro files (.mac), and other PC5250 support files. Setting A Configurable Path For PC5250 Emulator Files Specifying where PC5250 session windows size, windows position, and font position information is stored.Specifying a default emulator file path for PC5250 configuration files.Today, I’ll look at the following parameters that can be set from the screen shown above.

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You can view and update these features by selecting the PC5250 tab off the properties screen, as shown here. These features are configured through the IBM i Access for Windows Properties screen, which is accessed through the IBM i Access for Windows folder on a Windows 7 machine. This week, I’ll look at two of these features–setting a default path for PC5250 configuration files and storing PC5250 window and font information–that can be useful for IBM i administrators trying to provide better control over their user installs.įor this article, I’ll discuss two valuable PC5250 configuration parameters that are available with IBM i Access for Windows 7.1. With IBM i Access for Windows 7.1, IBM offers some valuable parameters for customizing Personal Communications sessions (PC5250) to connect to your IBM i partitions. Admin Alert: Two Useful PC5250 Parameters In IBM i Access For Windows 7.1