Edit detail for Solve Configuration Problems revision 2 of 4

Many people uninstall and reinstall AbelCam trying to solve configuration problems.

While this might work with software that writes a default configuration in the registry on installation, reinstallation does not cure AbelCam problems.

To recover from faulty configuration and/or to reset the configuration you need to remove (or rename) the AbelCam folder.

If you don't know how to find it, click on Configuration Folder in the AbelCam / Web window.

If AbelCam is not starting up anymore, you can also follow this procedure:

• click Start / Run - the following commands need to be confirmed with the enter key:
  • cmd
  • cd %ALLUSERSPROFILE%
  • dir /ahd
     
• depending on your language settings,
  • cd "Application Data" (" required if the folder name has spaces)
  • cd "Seiz System Engineering"
     
• now rename the AbelCam folder
  • ren AbelCam AbelCam.save
• now you can start AbelCam, and it will behave as if there was started for the first time - no reinstall required
   

Similar procedures can be used to back up or deactivate camera configurations within the AbelCam folder.

The camera configuration folders start with cam... - renaming them to save-cam... or similar will deactivate a camera.

If problems continue, proceed as in Support