Create and edit an FH.INF file

Note: When you are setting up Firehouse to use Citrix or Terminal Services, you must know if you are using a local profile on a specific workstation, or a roaming profile on your network.

Each user must have their own FH.INF file to specify individual settings. When an FH.INF file exists in the user’s profile, FH reads the settings from the FH.INF file and overrides the main FH installation settings with them. This file exists in your profile, in the Windows directory, regardless of which type of profile is used.

Note: If multiple FH sessions use the same configuration settings for FH, the following problems may occur:

  • The same workstation is defaulted to, regardless of who is connected through their own workstation.
  • A user with files in the remote folder open for writing prevents another user from modifying the same file.
  • If you are sharing a remote folder with multiple users, when you log in to FH, an error about exlusive access appears.
  1. Navigate into the FH installation folder.
  2. Copy the FH.INI file.

  3. Navigate into one of the following: 

    • (Local profile) The user's profile folder on their workstation.

      Tip: Profile folders are typically located in C:\Users.

      Example: C:\Users\Jane\Windows

    • (Roaming profile) The user's home folder\Windows folder

      Example: \\Windows

  4. Paste the FH.INI file.
  5. Change the extension on the file to .INF, so that the file is named FH.INF.
  6. In Notepad, open FH.INF.

  7. Depending on whether you are using an FH Standard or FH Enterprise installation, do one of the following.

    1. Search the file for [Workstation] to find the correct set of options to edit.
    2. Under [Workstation], change the value for Default= to a unique 10-digit value for that user's workstation.
    3. Save and close the FH.INF file.
    4. Repeat steps a–c for each user connecting to FH through a remote session.
    1. Search the file for [System].
    2. For the Default variable, change the value of the path to the user's Remote folder.
    3. For the [Database], [Queries], [Reports], and [Remote] sections of the file, change the value of the Default variable to the path to the user's Remote folder.
    4. Search the file for [Workstation]
    5. For the Default variable, change the value to a unique 10-digit value for that user's workstation.
    6. Save and close the file.
    7. Repeat steps a–g for each user connecting to FH through a remote session.
  8. Continue with Use regedit to set up a path statement for the FH.INF file.