Visio2002: Where Registry Settings Are Stored: Part 6

This article is part 6 of a series of six Microsoft Knowledge Base articles that describe where registry settings are stored for Microsoft Visio 2002. For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

About Visio Registry Entries

Visio uses the Windows registry to store user settings and other application-specific information. To keep the entries in the registry to a minimum, Visio automatically writes out those settings that are not default and a few others that are useful, such as, file paths, import and export filters, and last files.

You can include all possible settings in the Windows registry. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Start Visio.
2. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Advanced tab.
3. Click to select the Put all settings in Windows registry check box.
4. Click OK.
5. Quit Visio.

This article explains the settings in the following registry subkeys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Visio\VisioImports

and
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Visio\VisioExports

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In Visio, import filter information and settings are stored in the following registry subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Visio\VisioImports

In the VisioImports subkey, the text to the left of the equal sign (=) is displayed in the File Type box in the Picture dialog box. The text to the right of the equal sign is the filter file name, followed by a comma and then the file extension supported by that filter, like this:
In Visio, the export filter information and settings are stored in the following registry subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Visio\VisioExports

In the VisioExports subkey, the text to the left of the equal sign (=) is displayed in the File Type box in the Save As dialog box. The text to the right of the equal sign is the filter file name, followed by a comma and then the file extension supported by that filter, like this: