General

When you open the Design Studio Settings window, the General tab appears by default. Use this tab to set general preferences for Design Studio.

The following table describes options on the General tab.

Option

Description

When switching to Design Studio

Indicates what happens when the user switches to Design Studio.

Default execution mode

Specifies the default robot execution mode for all newly created robots.

Maximum number of recent projects

Lists the maximum number to include in the local history of recent Design Studio projects. Users can access the list by selecting File > Recent Projects.

Maximum number of recent files

Lists the maximum number to include in the local history of recent Design Studio files. Users can access the list by selecting File > Recent Files.

Reopen projects on startup

When selected, the most recent project is reopened when Design Studio is started.

Show welcome screen at startup

When selected, the Welcome screen is shown when Design Studio is started.

Create backup files

When selected, backup files are created whenever a saved file is changed. Backup file names end with a tilde (~) character.

Documentation location

When selected, the Kofax RPA documentation set is available for use in offline mode.

Show documentation retrieval notifications

When selected, the "Retrieving help and documentation" warning is displayed if you try to access the online documentation from Kofax RPA without Internet access.