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{{mirc title|Virtual Profiles}}
 
{{mirc title|Virtual Profiles}}
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== mIRC Installation ==
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There are multiple type of installations of mIRC that can be done.
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There are two main installation types, the 'old', which is how mIRC used to install in the past, and the 'new', which is how mIRC is now installing.
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=== Old type ===
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Before, and because windows itself wasn't really pushing mutli-user installation of program, mIRC used to place all the files in the same folder you selected. So mirc.ini mirc.exe, the help file, the scripts etc, everything was inside one main folder.
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=== New type ===
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Then, multi-users was added in Windows and quickly, it was designed so that programs would be typically installed to 'Program files', which cannot be written to unless you have admin rights, while the different settings files would be placed in a different folder, which doesn't require admin rights. Not only this is more organized, from the OS's point of view, but it ensures program can run correctly without having to take care of write permissions.
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Some people still prefer the old install type with all the files in the same folder, it is possible to get mIRC to do such an installation: if you place a mirc.ini file inside the folder you are installing to, the mIRC installer will do an old type installation.
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'''Note''': The same applies for mirc.exe once installed, if you run mirc.exe inside a folder with a mirc.ini file, it will use that file as mirc.ini and won't store settings in the appropriate location (appdata)
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=== Portable ===
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A portable installation will make an old type installation and will prevent mIRC from storing information on the machine, to use mIRC from an usb stick for example. mIRC won't use the registry to store your license or information about the 30day trial as well as registering mIRC as the application to use for irc:// url
  
 
== Virtual Profiles ==
 
== Virtual Profiles ==
  
 
mIRC does not have a built-in way to handle multiple users with different scripts and settings. This article will guide users toward easily creating multiple '''Virtual Profiles''' using a single installation of mIRC. Each of these virtual profiles will have the ability to run their own set of scripts and have their own set of options.
 
mIRC does not have a built-in way to handle multiple users with different scripts and settings. This article will guide users toward easily creating multiple '''Virtual Profiles''' using a single installation of mIRC. Each of these virtual profiles will have the ability to run their own set of scripts and have their own set of options.
 
'''Note''': click {{mIRC|mirc installation|here}} for information about how to install mIRC properly
 
  
 
=== Create a shortcut for each profile ===
 
=== Create a shortcut for each profile ===
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<span style="display: block; margin: 35px;">[[File:Virtualprofile2.png|Virtual Profile2 - mIRC]]</span>
 
<span style="display: block; margin: 35px;">[[File:Virtualprofile2.png|Virtual Profile2 - mIRC]]</span>
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== Other settings ==
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You may have noticed that we're now calling mirc.exe with some parameters
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There are a number of other settings that can be used to manipulate mIRC as well. The following sections outline just a few of them.
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=== Connect to a server on startup: ===
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A connection can be made to a server, immediately upon mIRC starting, using the following syntax:
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<pre>-s<server:port> [-j#chan1,#chan2,#chan3]</pre>
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For example:
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<pre>-sirc.undernet.org:6667 -j#mircscripting</pre>
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=== Change mIRC.ini location ($mircini) ===
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Another option is to change the location of the '''mIRC.ini''' (the main mIRC configuration file):
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<pre>-i<path\to\mirc.ini></pre>
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Switches can be combined as needed.
  
 
[[Category:mIRC|virtual profiles]]
 
[[Category:mIRC|virtual profiles]]

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