"KLayout has been started in viewer mode." "Don't show this window again" doesn't remember my selection

[nmz787-intel]

I get this popup every time I open KLayout,: KLayout has been started in viewer mode. (plus another sentence and paragraph) Then this last sentence with a checkbox to the left: Don't show this window again (use "Help/Show All Tips" to show it again).

However, even though I check the box each time, then click the only button "Close", I continue getting the popup.

Version 0.28.7 on Windows.

Where is Klayout looking for this setting in a file, so I can try debugging? (maybe that dir is write protected or something???)

[klayoutmatthias]

@nmz787-intel The state of the tip windows is kept in the "" in "klayoutrc". That file usually sits in ~/.klayout on Linux and 'c:\users\you\KLayout' on Windows.

Either that file is write protected as you suspect or on your system the environment variable "KLAYOUT_HOME" points to some other place.

Sometimes enterprise installations do that to enforce a homogeneous configuration across all users. In that case, the file may sit on some distribution share and is likely not to be writable.

Matthias