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Export/import of user settings in AutoCAD.

If you want to transfer (export and import) settings of the the current user profile in AutoCAD, you can use the functions Export and Import on the Profiles tab in the dialog of the OPTIONS command.

You can export the settings and then import them - e.g. on another computer or from a backup - to/from a file with the .ARG extension.

This file contains the AutoCAD settings hive from the Windows Registry.

Profile-export

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