Transfer custom UI settings (quick access toolbar) to another computer.

[chiefbraincloud]

Ok, I've done my due diligence and searched until I'm blue in the face, but I can't find a relevant post so here's my question.

I have to go to Cheyenne, WY (from Denver area) on Monday to work in our office there (on one of their computers, I don't have a laptop), on Revit MEP 2013.  I know how to, and have, exported my shortcut key settings, but what would really be helpful is if I can somehow transfer my quick access toolbar settings.

I hate the ribbon, and have about 95% of all the buttons I ever use copied onto the quick access toolbar.  It will slow me down if I can't have that in Cheyenne on Monday.

[BIMologist_ · Accepted solution]

just copy from/to the file UIState.dat (copy past the following text in Windows Explorer Address bar or WinKey+R %userprofile%\Autodesk\Revit\ next select the folder for your flavor of Revit in my case the file is in C:\Users\nmysorewala\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Revit\Autodesk Revit Architecture 2013 %userprofile% is a builtin variable in windows that enumerates to the Appdata Roaming folder %temp% is another one that you can use to go to the current user TEMP folder in a jiffy. just type in the address bar.

[chiefbraincloud]

Thank you very much for the information.  Unfortunately I have to be in Cheyenne at 8:30 AM on Monday (130 mile drive from my house) and it would add 25 more miles (through the worst morning traffic in Denver) to go to the office and get it now.

I guess I could try to get my boss to email it to me on Monday morning.

[chiefbraincloud · Accepted solution]

And, for the masses, it should read %AppData%\Autodesk\Revit\ to get you to the right place.

I just took the time to modify my home setup, so I guess I can just use this one instead of having to get my boss involved.

This should not be so difficult to figure out.  If Autodesk is going to provide a means (such as it is) to modify the user interface, then there should be an EASY way to transfer those settings to another computer.  I don't know, say a button in the options dialogue, on the USER INTERFACE tab, that says "Export Customizations", with a button next to that that says "Import".

If that seems a bit much to ask, then it should be documented in the help, such that a search for "transfer user interface" would come up with the information.

[BIMologist_]

Yes it should say %APPDATA%. my mistake.

[Mark_Bunn]

Also it shouldn't be version specific. If there is something that doesn't apply to a version, just ignore it. It's mildly inconveniant to keep up 3 different setups. I don't know how many times i've tried a shortcut a few times until i remember it was in another year. at least shortcuts are easy i guess.

[RobDraw]

You can post your thoughts in the Ideas forum if you think this should be a new feature.

[RJClifton]

I followed these steps and tried to copy that file from 2020 to 2022 and the quick access toolbar is the only thing that did not transfer over.

[julian.mzp]

Same here, the UIState.dat trick doesn't seem to work any longer. Tested in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Any workaround?

[julian.mzp]

Hi, is there any update from the Autodesk team?