The General Options dialog contains options for the whole application. Access this dialog by clicking the 'Tools > Options...' menu option and selecting General from the list.

Startup

• Allow Only One Instance of 010 Editor - If this flag is set, only one copy of 010 Editor is allowed to run at a time. If new files are opened from the Windows Explorer or elsewhere, they are loaded into the already-running program.

• Show Tips at Startup - If this button is enabled, the Tips dialog will be displayed every time the application starts. This flag can also be set by clicking on the Show tips at startup toggle in the Tips dialog.

• Add 010 Editor to Windows Explorer right-click menu - If this toggle is enabled, an entry that says Edit with 010 Editor will be added to the Windows Explorer popup menu when you right-click on a file. Clicking the Edit with 010 Editor option will cause the file to be opened in 010 Editor.

Clipboard

• Leave Large Blocks on Clipboard on Exit - When this toggle is set and the clipboard contains a large block of data on exit (over 4 megabytes), 010 Editor will copy this block onto the Window clipboard. When not set, large blocks are discarded and will be unavailable to other programs after 010 Editor exits. Note that small blocks (under 4 megabytes) are automatically copied. 010 Editor supports copying large blocks (gigabytes in some cases) that the Windows clipboard cannot handle (the limit is about 16 megabytes on some systems). Therefore some blocks may not copy onto the clipboard properly if too much data is copied.

History

• History List Size - Specifies the number of items to appear in the recent file history list. This affects the number of items on the 'File > Open Recent' list and the number of Recent Files in the Workspace (see Using the Workspace for more information).

Click the Reset button to return all of the General Options to their default values.