• Program configuration files are stored in %appdata%\BatchEncoder folder for installed version.
• Downloaded tool are stored in %appdata%\BatchEncoder\tools folder for installed version.
• To enable portable mode create empty file BatchEncoder.portable in same directory as BatchEncoder.exe file.
• Program configuration files are stored in .\BatchEncoder folder for portable version.
• Downloaded tool are stored in .\BatchEncoder\tools folder for portable version.
• System registry is not used to store program settings.
• Configuration file are in XML text format with UTF-8 encoding.

Files extensions:

• .xml - Any configuration file
• .xml - Program options
• .xml - Encoder and decoder formats definition
• .xml - Encoder and decoder format definition
• .xml - Predefined format presets definition
• .xml - Encoder and decoder tools definition
• .xml - Encoder and decoder tool definition
• .xml - Input file items
• .xml - Language translation strings
• .lua - Lua scripts (e.g. progress function)

Use only UTF-8 compatible text editors (e.g. Notepad) to edit xml configuration files.

The default configuration files can be found here.