Files Created for Each User

Each user logged into Windows gets their own personal data folder, known as “My Documents”. Source Insight creates a “Source Insight” folder under the “My Documents” folder to contain user-specific data.

The user data directory contains the user-specific global configuration file (the user preferences global.cf3 file) and the workspace file for the "no project open" mode, and project data.

The following folders are created in the current user’s Source Insight folder:

File or Folder

Description

Backup

Folder containing backup versions of files that are saved with Source Insight.

Clips

Folder containing clips files, which are listed in the Clip Window. You can also copy your own text files to this directory and they will be included automatically in the Clip Window.

Projects

Folder containing Source Insight projects created on your machine. Each project gets its own sub-folder inside this folder.

Projects\Projects.db3

The Project List: contains a list of all projects created on your machine.

Projects\Base

Folder containing project files for the “Base” project.

Project\NetFramework

Folder containing project files for the “NetFramework” project, which contains symbol definitions for the .NET Framework classes used with C#.

Settings

Folder containing your configuration settings files.

Settings\Global.CF3

Global Configuration: the configuration (user preferences) file used when no project is open, and when a project is open and the Project Settings command specifies “global configuration”.

c.tom

C/C++ token macros.

*.RCO

Crash recovery file, which contains information needed to recover unsaved changes after an abnormal termination. These files only exist if a earlier session crashed.

Global.WK3

Global Workspace: the session state used when no project is open.