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Adjust the Configuration

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How can SnapGene be configured to adjust or disable some functionality?

These instructions are provided for administrators that wish to preconfigure settings for their users SnapGene installations.

For users that wish to change the own settings we recommend adjusting the configuration from within SnapGene via Preferences.

Open the SnapGene settings file in a text editor.  The settings file is located in the following locations:

Windows:

%appdata%\GSLBiotech\SnapGene.ini

macOS:

~/.config/GSLBiotech/SnapGene.ini

Linux:

~/.snapgene/settings.ini

Edit the file to include any of the following optional parameters.

Disable Software Updates

To remove all "Check for Updates" menu options and disable automatic updates, go to the [updates] category and add the line disable=true.

[updates]
disable=true
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Disable Automatic downloading of SnapGene Updates

To prevent automatic downloading of software updates, go to the [updates] category and add the line automaticallyDownload=false.

[updates]
automaticallyDownload=false
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Disable Sending of Crash Reports

To prevent SnapGene sending crash reports to our development team, go to the [crashReports] category and edit the line send=false.

[crashReports]
send=false
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Disable Request to Send Accession Numbers

When importing from NCBI, if SnapGene encounters unknown or disallowed feature types, or unfamiliar feature qualifiers, we alert the user and ask if they would like to report the accession number so we can look into the issue.  To disable this alert, go to the [import] category and edit the line reportAccessionWithUnknownFeatures=false.

[import]
reportAccessionWithUnknownFeatures=false
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Disable Ordering

To remove the option to order synthetic sequences (See  Order a Synthetic Sequence), including the Order button and menu options, add the category [ordering], followed by disable=true.

[ordering]
disable=true

Transfer Source Features

To ensure "Source" Feature Types are transferred to the product when cloning, go to the [files] category and set transferSourceFeatures=true.

[files]
transferSourceFeatures=true
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