Windows 10: .ini files not saving

I need help figuring out how to save the changes i made to my ini file! every time i hit “save” or ctrl+s it ends up turning into “save as” i don’t want to “save as”! I just want to save the file and close out notepad. I can’t even see the properties of the file, every time i right click im left with “open” or “copy”… I’m on windows 11 and i’m trying to set up ISTA software to diagnose my BMW but it’s frustrating when the .ini file won’t save my changes to it in notepad!!

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Snippet C#: INI Files

This code is great, i'm going to use this in one of my programmes *Big Grin

is it possible to make a list of all sections in the ini files?

 

Snippet C#: INI Files

GetSections() will return a string[] of section names. If you want the values too, just do a for or for loop to enumerate them. For example:

Code: foreach (string section in ini.GetSections()) { Console.WriteLine("[" + section + "]"); foreach (string key in ini[section].GetKeys()) Console.WriteLine(key + "=" + ini[section][key]); Console.WriteLine(); }[/quote]

 

Windows Defender and .ini files

We ae using Windows 10 and Windows Defender antivirus.

When our program saves information to an .ini file - it can take a very long time. It takes more than 4 times longer with Windows Defender than with other anti-virus programs (ex AVG, Avast). If we exclude the .ini file from Windows Defender - it also is
OK. BUT if this .ini file is included in the antivirus to be checked a certain part of this file (We have narrowed down the section) can take 4 times longer to save to the .ini with Windows Defender only.

What could be the cause of this? What kind of .ini action would cause this? No other antivirus causes this to happen.

Any suggestions - other than excluding this file from Windows Defender?

Shimon