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

• Startup Action - This drop-down list indicates what 010 Editor should display when first started and no files are opened. If Show startup page is selected, the Startup Page is displayed (note that tips and news are shown on the startup page). Alternately, 010 Editor can create a new file or display no tabs at all by selecting the Create new file or Display empty interface options respectively.

• 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.

• Hide Splash Screen on Startup - If enabled, this toggle will prevent the splash screen from displaying while 010 Editor is starting up. This option is only available if you have purchased a license of 010 Editor and entered your license information in the Register dialog.

• Add 010 Editor to Windows Explorer right-click menu - If this toggle is enabled, an entry that says 010 Editor v3 will be added to the Windows Explorer popup menu when you right-click on a file. Clicking the 010 Editor v3 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.

Updates

• Check For Updates/News Every - If this toggle is enabled 010 Editor will download any news, including notification of new releases, from our website and display it on the Startup Page. Enter the number of days between downloads in the Days field and note that new updates are not installed automatically. See the Startup Page for more information.

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.