Purpose of different preference folders

aturtur

Hi, I have noticed that sometimes there's multiple different preferences folders under AppData/Roaming/MAXON folder.

For example:
Maxon Cinema 4D 2023_BCDB4759
Maxon Cinema 4D 2023_BCDB4759_p
Maxon Cinema 4D 2023_BCDB4759_w
Maxon Cinema 4D 2023_BCDB4759_x

The folder without any suffix is certainly what the stand-alone Cinema 4D software uses. But what are the others, what are their purpose and is there even more different options?

I guess that "_p" is made by c4dpy.exe, since it appeared when I installed some 3rd party Python libraries with it.

"_x" might have popped out when using "Commandline.exe" version of Cinema 4D. Not sure, just assuming.

No idea where "_w" came from.

I would appreciate if someone would explain these for me.

Cheers,
Arttu

ferdinand

Hello @aturtur,

Thank you for reaching out to us. These preference folders are indeed for the different apps associated with a Cinema 4D installation. In the Python Libraries manual I have documented their purpose in more detail, alongside the other paths relevant for Python in Cinema 4D.

Cheers,
Ferdinand

aturtur

Hi @ferdinand,

Thank you for the quick reply. This answers all my questions!

Cheers,
Arttu