The first time that you run Origin, you are presented with this dialog box in which you are asked to specify a default folder for saving your customized files -- the User Files Folder. You will always have a chance to save files to a different location, but this folder serves as a default location to store custom graph templates, themes, curve fitting functions, Origin Import Filter (OIF) files, etc. and must be writable given the User's login permissions. The default location is a folder named Origin User Files created in a User's My Documents folder. The default Custom location is a folder with a User's name under the Origin Installation folder. This and any custom choice should only be chosen by users with elevated System privileges.
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The same User Files Folder can be shared among different machines. For example, one can use a USB stick as the User Files Folder. Then the User Files Folder can be used on any machine into which the USB stick is plugged. Note that this way of sharing Origin files is not recommended for people who are using Origin in a concurrent network. In such case, group folder should be used to share Origin files.
If you decide to change the location of the User Files Folder, you can use the X-Function changeUFF. To run this X-Function:
Or
changeUFF -d;.
Then you can specify the new User Files Folder or browse a new folder as User Files Folder. You can also decide whether or not to copy all files from the original User Files Folder to the new one. To use the newly specified User Files Folder, restart Origin.
In some situation, you don't want to copy all files, but just some files, from the original User Files Folder to the new one, you can un-check the Copy All Files From Original check-box. After restarting Origin to use the new User Files Folder, you can use the Transfer User Files tool to transfer the desired files to the new User Files Folder.
You can also use the command del -path; to reset the User Files Folder, but not recommended.