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Originally Posted by theducks
There are 2 kinds of settings:
1) Per USER (those are in the configuration folder)
2) Per LIBRARY. Those usually apply because they relate to a Library Structure (your copy choice method took care of those  ) |
But how do you know whether a particular setting is Per USER or Per LIBRARY.
Example: some Preferences->Behaviour settings are Per USER (stored in the configuration data folder files) others are Per LIBRARY (stored in the library metadata.db database file), there's nothing in the dialogue to give a hint nor is it documented (e.g. tri-state-bools setting is per Library, Use viewer for is per User)
When you create a library from another library, some per library settings are copied over, many are not copied -- e.g. Virtual libraries and Look & Feel->Column icons.
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retro - have a look at the 'metadata_db_prefs_backup.json' in your library folders with a text editor that 'knows' what a json is. It will give you a clue as to which settings are per library and which have been copied and which haven't — viz:
The one on the left is from a 13 year old "Books" library, the one on the right is from "Books Too", a just created clone (all columns checked) of "Books".
BR