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javapreferences
rupa
rupa

Reputation: 603

Preference API storage

If I use the Preference API to store user or system preferences, where are they stored on Windows and Unix?

Upvotes: 29

Views: 20039

Answers (2)

TheGuyNextDoor
TheGuyNextDoor

Reputation: 7937

For Windows systemRoot and userRoot are stored in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Prefs and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft\Prefs respectively.

For Unix systemRoot and userRoot are stored in "/etc/.java" and "${user.home}/.java/.userPrefs", respectively.

Note that for Unix the locations can be changed by specifying "java.util.prefs.userRoot" and "java.util.prefs.systemRoot" properties

Upvotes: 41

MyPasswordIsLasercats
MyPasswordIsLasercats

Reputation: 1640

I have to extend n002213fs' answer, because it seems to me, that the Storage Location is a big mess. Note that Windows saves it in the Windows Registry and Unix saves it in prefs.xml-files.

userRoot

  • Windows (32Bit): HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft\Prefs
  • Windows (64Bit) with JVM (64Bit): HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft\Prefs
  • Windows (64Bit) with JVM (32Bit): HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wow6432Node\JavaSoft\Prefs
  • Unix: System.getProperty("java.util.prefs.userRoot") or (if the previous value is not set) ~/.java/.userPrefs

systemRoot

  • Windows (32Bit): HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\JavaSoft\Prefs
  • Windows (64Bit) with JVM (64Bit): HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\JavaSoft\Prefs
  • Windows (64Bit) with JVM (32Bit): HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\JavaSoft\Prefs
  • Unix: System.getProperty("java.util.prefs.systemRoot") or (if the previous value is not set) System.getProperty("java.home")+"/.systemPrefs" (System.getProperty("java.home") might be /etc/.java/. You can check it in a terminal with $JAVA_HOME.)

Upvotes: 14

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