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Portable data mode

By default the installed and portable programs share one per-user data folder:

%APPDATA%\com.swizards.swizzinirc\

Appearance → Import & folder shows the folder in use, its mode (user, portable or custom) and why.

Self-contained portable data

Section titled “Self-contained portable data”
  1. Close SwizzinIRC.
  2. Create an empty file named portable.flag next to the program.
  3. Start SwizzinIRC. It now stores data in a SwizzinIRC-data folder beside the program.

Notes:

  • The flag is read at start-up only.
  • Nothing is moved or copied automatically. To keep existing settings, copy the contents of the per-user folder into SwizzinIRC-data yourself. To go back, delete the flag and copy data the other way.
  • If the folder beside the program cannot be written to, SwizzinIRC falls back with a warning.
  • The SWIZZIN_CONFIG_DIR environment variable, when set, takes priority over both.

What is stored in the data folder

Section titled “What is stored in the data folder”

Server profiles, aliases, themes, scripts and preferences. Passwords are not stored there; they are kept in Windows Credential Manager, so they do not travel with a portable folder.