ConEmu setup

Where settings are stored
- Registry
- ConEmu.xml
Manual change of settings
- Using ConEmu.xml
- Using registry
Settings dialog
- Common controls
- Settings pages
Alphabetical

Where settings are stored

ConEmu may store its settings in the Windows registry (HKCU), or in the ConEmu.xml file.

Registry

All settings are stored in registry in the following key:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ConEmu\.Vanilla]

When You specify the /config switch in the ConEmu.exe command line settings will be stored here:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ConEmu\<configname>]

ConEmu.xml

Any ConEmu installation may be ‘portable’, i.e. it may store settings in the xml files. But it may use Windows registry too.

In most cases you will choose settings storage location at the first start.

Read more about settings storage options:

Manual change of settings

Almost any option may be changed using Settings dialog. But if you have to change a few settings, which are absent in the Settings dialog, just edit your ConEmu.xml or registry.

Using ConEmu.xml

Open ConEmu.xml file using any text editor (Far Manager, Notepad, Vim and so on) find appropriate value and change it.

Using registry

Go to Registry editor (be careful!) and change appropriate value in the ConEmu subkeys:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ConEmu\.Vanilla], when /config switch is not used;
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ConEmu\<configname>], when /config switch specified in the ConEmu command line.

Settings dialog

You may open settings dialog in several ways

Choosing ‘Settings…’ menu item in ConEmu system menu, which can be opened
by right-clicking on the ‘Menu’ icon on the toolbar
by right-clicking on the window title
by left-clicking on the icon in the ConEmu title bar
by pressing Win+Alt+Space on the keyboard
by right-clicking on the ConEmu (running) icon in the taskbar (in Windows 7 you must hold down Shift key)
by right-clicking on the ConEmu icon in TSA (if you enable TSA feature)
Or, you may press Win+Alt+P on the keyboard (predefined hotkey)

Common controls

Save settings

Almost all changes in options are applied immediately when you change them. But if you want these changes persist on next ConEmu start, you have to press ‘Save settings’ button.

NB Button ‘Save settings’ may be disabled when settings file is write-protected or ConEmu was started with -basic switch. You may store changes in another xml file by pressing button Export….

Export…

Click it, you need to make a copy of your settings in the xml file.

Look up an option

If you can’t find a desired option the easiest way to do that is ‘Search field’. Just press Ctrl+F in the Settings dialog, type something, the ‘title’ for example, and wait a bit. ConEmu would activate appropriate page and show the hint on the found control. You may use Enter or ‘Lens icon’ in the search field to find next occurrence of the string.