# Reset TOAD to Factory Settings for 9.6.1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Toad for Oracle & DevOps Toolkit\ **Created:** [April 7, 2010, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/reset-toad-to-factory-settings-for-9-6-1/9402 "2010-04-07T09:48:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/reset-toad-to-factory-settings-for-9-6-1/9402/1 "2010-04-07T09:48:05Z")
Hi Folks, Would someone be kind enough to clue me in on how to reset TOAD to factory settings for 9.6.1? I have colleagues with such seriously whacked out setups that a reset or reinstall often looks like a panacea. There’s a message here for 9.7.1 reset [http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/toad/message/45636](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/toad/message/45636) but I can’t seem to find an equivalent path to C:\Documents and Settings\Application Data\Quest Software\Toad for Oracle where I can rename a 9.6-like folder. Thanks all Matt ---
**Author:** ![JohnDorlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/johndorlon/32/9997_2.png) [@JohnDorlon](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/JohnDorlon)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/reset-toad-to-factory-settings-for-9-6-1/9402/2 "2010-04-07T10:16:09Z")
For 9.6 and older, the user files folder is under the install folder (probably c:\program files\quest software\toad for oracle\user files. Don’t delete the whole folder though, that will cause problems. Just delete Toad.ini. That will reset the majority of the options without causing any problems. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@Anonymous1](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Anonymous1)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/reset-toad-to-factory-settings-for-9-6-1/9402/3 "2010-04-07T10:28:22Z")
Toad USER\_FILES used to be in a similar structure but under c:\PROGRAM FILES instead of the now c:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS ![image001.jpeg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/1X/e8288ef7bf69daaab6959f752b25ca292478b911.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/reset-toad-to-factory-settings-for-9-6-1/9402/4 "2010-04-07T10:32:43Z")
Hi Matt, We didn’t start writing settings to App Data until 9.7. All user settings in 9.6 will be found in program files. Unfortunately, you can’t just nuke the “user files” folder because there are files in there put down by the installer that Toad cannot create. You will have to delete certain files/folders in User files that Toad can recreate if you have to do it manually. The best thing to do would be to uninstall, nuke the original install folder, then re-install. If you want to manually remove safe config files, you can do so by browsing to your Install directory and to the User files subfolder. The following files/folders should be safe to delete: \*.ini (all .ini files besides toadstats.ini) All folders named after a DB or Schema \*.flt I would start with this, and if there are any other remnants that are bothersome, we can guide you. ---
**Author:** ![jbowman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/jbowman/32/22_2.png) [@jbowman](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/jbowman)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/reset-toad-to-factory-settings-for-9-6-1/9402/5 "2010-04-07T10:33:29Z")
Hey Matthew, You can also delete the TOAD\_GUI.INI, TOAD\_GUI2.INI, CONNECTIONS.INI, and CONNECTIONPWDS.INI file if you’d like to reset Grid and GUI settings, as well as clear the entries in the login window. These should also be located in the User Files folder. -John ---
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/reset-toad-to-factory-settings-for-9-6-1/9402/6 "2010-04-07T10:34:15Z")
Oh yeah, and don’t delete TOAD\_SESSBROWFILTERS.INI either (If you are resetting manually). The rest should be fine ---
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/reset-toad-to-factory-settings-for-9-6-1/9402/7 "2010-04-07T10:49:32Z")
Questions? Try the on-line FAQ: [http://asktoad.com/DWiki/doku.php?id=faq:questions](http://asktoad.com/DWiki/doku.php?id=faq:questions) Trouble downloading or running the freeware update? See [http://asktoad.com/DWiki/doku.php/howto\_install\_and\_update\_freetoad](http://asktoad.com/DWiki/doku.php/howto_install_and_update_freetoad) Do you know about the other TOAD Yahoo Message Boards? Go here to find out more - [http://www.toadsoft.com/maillist.htm](http://www.toadsoft.com/maillist.htm) Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe **,_._,** \_ ![image004.gif](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/1X/41f8730228f3026bfff01444752384c5c40770f4.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/reset-toad-to-factory-settings-for-9-6-1/9402/8 "2010-04-07T10:49:32Z")
Questions? Try the on-line FAQ: [http://asktoad.com/DWiki/doku.php?id=faq:questions](http://asktoad.com/DWiki/doku.php?id=faq:questions) Trouble downloading or running the freeware update? See [http://asktoad.com/DWiki/doku.php/howto\_install\_and\_update\_freetoad](http://asktoad.com/DWiki/doku.php/howto_install_and_update_freetoad) Do you know about the other TOAD Yahoo Message Boards? Go here to find out more - [http://www.toadsoft.com/maillist.htm](http://www.toadsoft.com/maillist.htm) Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe **,_._,** \_ [att1.dat](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/1X/2daeaa8b5f19f0bc209d976c02bd6acb51b00b0a.dat) (43 Bytes) ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@Anonymous1](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Anonymous1)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/reset-toad-to-factory-settings-for-9-6-1/9402/9 "2010-04-07T11:04:20Z")
Try and get upgraded to the latest release. Especially from the ancient pre 9.7 when major setup thingies got changed. We have done some mass upgrades and most worked fine, but there were some glitches, possibly because of ancient versions of Toad. Toad only officially supports two previous releases for upgrading. So I suggest you upgrade at least once a year. ![image001.jpeg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/1X/e8288ef7bf69daaab6959f752b25ca292478b911.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/reset-toad-to-factory-settings-for-9-6-1/9402/10 "2010-04-07T11:30:00Z")
Questions? Try the on-line FAQ: [http://asktoad.com/DWiki/doku.php?id=faq:questions](http://asktoad.com/DWiki/doku.php?id=faq:questions) Trouble downloading or running the freeware update? See [http://asktoad.com/DWiki/doku.php/howto\_install\_and\_update\_freetoad](http://asktoad.com/DWiki/doku.php/howto_install_and_update_freetoad) Do you know about the other TOAD Yahoo Message Boards? Go here to find out more - [http://www.toadsoft.com/maillist.htm](http://www.toadsoft.com/maillist.htm) Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe **,_._,** \_ ![image004.gif](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/1X/41f8730228f3026bfff01444752384c5c40770f4.gif) ---
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Questions? Try the on-line FAQ: [http://asktoad.com/DWiki/doku.php?id=faq:questions](http://asktoad.com/DWiki/doku.php?id=faq:questions) Trouble downloading or running the freeware update? See [http://asktoad.com/DWiki/doku.php/howto\_install\_and\_update\_freetoad](http://asktoad.com/DWiki/doku.php/howto_install_and_update_freetoad) Do you know about the other TOAD Yahoo Message Boards? Go here to find out more - [http://www.toadsoft.com/maillist.htm](http://www.toadsoft.com/maillist.htm) Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe **,_._,** \_ [att1.dat](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/1X/2daeaa8b5f19f0bc209d976c02bd6acb51b00b0a.dat) (43 Bytes) ---
**Author:** ![Bert\_Scalzo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/bert_scalzo/32/274_2.png) [@Bert\_Scalzo](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Bert_Scalzo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/reset-toad-to-factory-settings-for-9-6-1/9402/12 "2010-04-07T12:18:33Z")
Actually 9.6.1 is already 2+ years old – and is more than two major versions behind now. So it’s way overdue for upgrading to something supported – and that works with versions of the Oracle database that have been released after your Toad version: ![image003.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/2X/1/187e453fbe889bc2fd850ee86a2c725971588377.png) ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@Anonymous1](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Anonymous1)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/reset-toad-to-factory-settings-for-9-6-1/9402/13 "2010-04-07T12:25:12Z")
OK hear goes. You scurvy knaves who don’t upgrade regularly should be half-hanged, then drawn and quartered and each piece keelhauled. Toad is not a magic wand. It is a tool that works through the Oracle infrastructure. This means that when Oracle brings out new releases some parts of Toad can’t help but be broken. This has happened and will happen again. If you are paying maintenance then it is a no-brainer (except for possibly upper management) to upgrade. If you are not paying for maintenance then you are asking for trouble. As the garage mechanic said “pay me now $400.00 to fix the brakes or pay me $5,000.00 later to fix the brakes and the body when you crash”. There is an old Arab proverb “trust in god, but tie up your camel” – so trust in Quest but get the latest releases. You MUST upgrade. ![image001.jpeg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/1X/e8288ef7bf69daaab6959f752b25ca292478b911.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/reset-toad-to-factory-settings-for-9-6-1/9402/14 "2010-04-07T12:48:01Z")
I’ll add on a “Yes, but” to that. In our case, we don’t have admin on our own machines. We have very tight security controls which generally require some special permissions to be added, though Toad has been getting better about that. And while there’s a possibility that developers might someday get admin, that’s only half our Toad users and we need to be consistent with the rest. Anyway, it’s a long slow process to make sure that any new software release is compatible with our standard image and all the other software products that we depend on for our work. And you can translate “long slow” to “expensive”. It’s not always that management’s being stupid; sometimes it’s actually because they’re trying to figure out where the real priorities are. So while Toad may be the most important software for some of us (of course it is!), getting the time and attention and money to do upgrades is hard. We’re on maintenance, so Quest doesn’t get any extra money if we upgrade. But that doesn’t make it free or easy. Just like database upgrades, operating system upgrades, new versions of Microsoft Office, and all the other crazy stuff that lives on the PCs. We’ve reduced the turnaround between new versions of Toad from about every 5 years to something around 18-24 months. I’d like to see it be once a year. Not sure if we’ll ever get there. (Typically, they’re just about ready to certify one release when the next one comes out and they have to start over.) Keeping current is really good advice. But until Toad starts saying “this new version fixes a critical security release which could let the bad people destroy all your corporate data”, it’s not going to happen here. And maybe not even then. Best we can hope for is to be not too far out of date. – jim ---
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/reset-toad-to-factory-settings-for-9-6-1/9402/15 "2010-04-07T13:51:21Z")
Toad 5 was released _that_ long ago? I had hair back then. Now all I have is back hair. [insert perfunctory "Eeewwww!" here] Rich -- [TeamT] Disclaimer: I've been a Toad user since v4 > Actually 9.6.1 is already 2+ years old â and is more than two major > versions behind now. So itâs way overdue for upgrading to something > supported â and that works with versions of the Oracle database that have > been released after your Toad version: ---
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/reset-toad-to-factory-settings-for-9-6-1/9402/16 "2010-04-07T14:30:33Z")
> > This means that when Oracle brings out new releases some parts of Toad > > can’t help but be broken. Ok… I’m disappointed… I was sure Quest had implemented their quantum code so that the code knew what version of Oracle it was working with and just automagically had all the correct functionality… Oh… and I’m still waiting on that neural interface so I don’t have to be constrained by my typing speed… Caveat: I just got back from a 5-day weekend so I’m probably feeling just a tad facetious 😉 RAS ---
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/reset-toad-to-factory-settings-for-9-6-1/9402/17 "2010-04-07T14:52:11Z")
> Oh and Im still waiting on that neural interface so I dont have to > be constrained by my typing speed Thought you'd have one by now, seeing as they're only about $100: [http://tinyurl.com/yg9f3bw](http://tinyurl.com/yg9f3bw) Although the paranoid DBA in me sees sneezing while trying to add a redo log group and instead dropping a tablespace. I'm just sayin'. Rich -- [TeamT] Disclaimer: Never let 'em see you sweat. Maybe just smell 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/reset-toad-to-factory-settings-for-9-6-1/9402/18 "2010-04-07T16:04:58Z")
> > Thought you'd have one by now, seeing as they're only about $100: LOL, now that’s funny! Considering I’ve done some study of A.I. and have a pretty good idea just how complex the brain is (and my understanding is most likely “barely scratching the finish”), I’d be totally impressed if someone has actually mapped the thought patterns sufficiently they could actually take dictation using a device to detect brain waves. Heh, I’d be even more impressed if such a device only cost about $100. I certainly wouldn’t want to try and rely on it to keep up with a developers thoughts while s/he’s coding. It’s amusing that one of the reviews indicate it’s “good for simple applications like pong” … Uhhh… yea… Software development is no more complicated then moving a paddle back-n-forth 🙂 RAS ---
**Author:** ![Phyllis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@Phyllis](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Phyllis)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/reset-toad-to-factory-settings-for-9-6-1/9402/19 "2010-04-07T16:24:16Z")
I can just see it trying to make sense out of my thoughts as I’m developing. “select \* from I wonder what I should make for dinner Dual” J ---
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/reset-toad-to-factory-settings-for-9-6-1/9402/20 "2010-04-07T16:35:44Z")
😉 And that’s just the two thoughts in the forefront of your conscious mind… [Next page](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/reset-toad-to-factory-settings-for-9-6-1/9402.md?page=2)