Where Does Scilab Store Settings?
Scilab keeps preferences, history and toolboxes in a versioned folder in home. Paths per OS and what survives upgrades.
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Scilab separates preferences from work. History, layout and toolbox registrations live in a versioned folder in home with the release number in its name. Scripts and models live wherever saves put them.
Upgrades create a new versioned folder and ignore the old one. That keeps broken configs from migrating forward. Copy the pieces worth keeping rather than the whole tree across major versions.
Where Scilab stores this, by platform
%APPDATA%\Scilab
Versioned preferences, command history and toolbox registrations. New releases create a fresh sibling folder. Migrate selected files by hand across major versions.
~/Library/Application Support/Scilab
Same versioned layout on Mac. Scripts default to Documents while this tree holds settings only. Confirm script folders from recent files.
~/.Scilab/<version>
Versioned folder directly in home with the release in its name. Back up history and custom startup files from inside before upgrades.
Frequently asked questions
How do I move Scilab settings?
Copy the versioned Scilab folder in home with Scilab quit. Preferences, history and installed toolboxes travel with it. New major versions create a fresh folder, so migrate settings by hand rather than renaming across versions.
Where are my Scilab scripts?
In whatever folder the save dialog pointed at, commonly Documents. The home Scilab folder only holds preferences and history, never models. Check recent files inside Scilab for the true script paths.
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