The .qgis or .qgis2 folders contains only the plugins (in /.qgis/python/plugins) and the SQLite file(/.qgis/qgis.db) which contains only the projections. The custom general settings (layout, PostGIS, wms, etc.) are saved in:
- Linux: settings are saved in a text file: $HOME/.config/QuantumGIS/qgis.conf - Mac OS X: settings are saved in a plist file: $HOME/Library/Preferences/org.qgis.qgis.plist - Windows: settings are stored in the registry Using Mac OS X and as this version uses a new folder ~/.qgis2 for plugins and a new qgis.db and as I did not want to reinstall all the plugins, rather than copy, I created symbolic links in the .qgis2 folder pointing to .qgis ln -s /Users/me/.qgis/plugins /Users/me/.qgis2/plugins ln -s /Users/me/.qgis/qgis.db /Users/me/.qgis2/qgis.db and it works The old customisation file is in /Users/me/Library/Preferences/org.qgis.QGIS.plist and I did the same thing: ln -s org.qgis.QGIS.plist org.qgis.QGIS2.plist and everything works perfectly, without incompatibilities -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/nightly-build-has-lost-user-profile-tp5046617p5046702.html Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user