UserSettings.json was not in the persist folder

[cccq]

Describe the bug
I installed picview with scoop on Windows 11 25H2, I found that UserSettings.json was in %APPDATA%\Ruben2776\PicView\Config\ while other config json files was in ~\scoop\persist\picview\Config.

Expected behavior
I think maybe UserSettings.json should be in ~\scoop\persist\picview\Config\ too.

[Ruben2776]

You need to delete the UserSettings.json in the %APPDATA% folder, if you want it to save in the Scoop directory.

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When PicView loads settings, it will look for config files in the %APPDATA% folder first, and if it finds them, it will use them and save to them, regardless of the presence of the same config file in the application directory.
If it doesn't find any within the %APPDATA% folder, then it will look for them in the application folder.

When PicView saves settings, and there are no settings present currently, it will save to the application directory, if it has write permissions to do so, otherwise it will save in the %APPDATA% folder.

This was done, as it is inherently challenging to support PicView installed in the Program files directory, as users expects when installing it, (which doesn't have write permissions) while enabling it to store config files in a portable way at the same time, when "installed" outside the Program files directory .
The "portable" versions, and the "installed" versions are the same, as the setup .exe file is just an Inno setup installer, that extracts it to the chosen directory, and sets file associations for you.

Maybe I'll think of a more user-friendly setup in the future, or I'll somehow make the installed and portable versions differ, but no promises.

[cccq]

Thank you for your reply. After moving the UserSettings.json file from %APPDATA% to the persist folder, I confirmed that it is now working as intended.