Hi
Assuming you're not logging in as different users (each such user will get the same prompt, to import 'his' Free profiles, if any - profiles are by default user-specific), the development department tell me that this can only happen if the
Version=nn
line in your SETTINGS.INI (or, the entire INI file) is either missing or corrupt. This entry is always added on first run (after the prompt you mention) and updated accordingly if required (otherwise simply 'read'). Its presence is used as a flag to record the fact we already asked you about Free (etc). If it's not readable or present, this suggests either the file (or the path/folder it's in) are not writable, or something is corrupting or deleting the file. It's usually at or very near to the end of the INI file, which might be significant.
Quick check: resize/reposition a dialog to something unusual, then close & re-open the program and then the dialog. Is the dialog the same size/position you changed it to, or back as/where it was originally? If the latter, Windows is preventing writing to the INI. (Though if it's not prompting you persistently for the serial, it was presumably able to write to it at some point)
Note that it could be a combination of 'different users' versus different write-privileges (correctly or otherwise)
As you can presumably see, we're not overwhelmed by people reporting the same thing, which does suggest it's somehow machine/environment-specific...
Assuming you're not logging in as different users (each such user will get the same prompt, to import 'his' Free profiles, if any - profiles are by default user-specific), the development department tell me that this can only happen if the
Version=nn
line in your SETTINGS.INI (or, the entire INI file) is either missing or corrupt. This entry is always added on first run (after the prompt you mention) and updated accordingly if required (otherwise simply 'read'). Its presence is used as a flag to record the fact we already asked you about Free (etc). If it's not readable or present, this suggests either the file (or the path/folder it's in) are not writable, or something is corrupting or deleting the file. It's usually at or very near to the end of the INI file, which might be significant.
Quick check: resize/reposition a dialog to something unusual, then close & re-open the program and then the dialog. Is the dialog the same size/position you changed it to, or back as/where it was originally? If the latter, Windows is preventing writing to the INI. (Though if it's not prompting you persistently for the serial, it was presumably able to write to it at some point)
Note that it could be a combination of 'different users' versus different write-privileges (correctly or otherwise)
As you can presumably see, we're not overwhelmed by people reporting the same thing, which does suggest it's somehow machine/environment-specific...