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Title: Open the last opened collection
Post by: haeggvinyl on August 28, 2026, 06:53:57 PM
I have three collections that I alternate among when recording. For some reason the same collection opens after restarting Windows (not when restarting VinylStudio only). It is quite annoying when I constantly forget to open the right collection. It means that I have to go through the recordings to see which ones that I have to move to another collection.
Today I encountered another problem and that is the recording already existed in the target collection: and the move didn't succeed. It kept the target album which I am very pleased with.
So I want VinylStudio to open the last used collection every time I start the application, independent if I restart Windows or not.
Title: Re: Open the last opened collection
Post by: Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) on August 28, 2026, 09:17:04 PM
> So I want VinylStudio to open the last used collection every time I start the application, independent if I restart Windows or not.

It does, last time I looked.  Maybe I have missed something in your message.
Title: Re: Open the last opened collection
Post by: haeggvinyl on September 07, 2026, 08:46:16 PM
Well, it doesn't for me. How and where do you store the last used collection?
Title: Re: Open the last opened collection
Post by: Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) on September 07, 2026, 09:01:34 PM
It stores it in the registry.  Specifically, it stores the name of the .mcf file representing your collection.

What behaviour are you seeing, exactly?

PS: The name of the current collection is displayed in the title bar, maybe that helps.
Title: Re: Open the last opened collection
Post by: haeggvinyl on September 08, 2026, 09:13:38 AM
I discovered the reason why VinylStudio opened with the wrong collection. It had nothing to do with VinylStudio! I have created a workspace with the applications and PowerToys uses a hardcoded path to open VinylStudio with a specific collection and there was the reason: it pointed to the wrong collection. I'm sorry to bother you with this, but maybe other users will do the same mistake as me, and then you know.
Title: Re: Open the last opened collection
Post by: Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft) on September 08, 2026, 11:11:53 AM
Ah yes, that would make sense.  Thanks for letting us know.