User Guide

Customizing Wireshark
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• Some recent settings (recent), such as pane sizes in the Main window (Section 3.3, “The Main window”),
column widths in the packet list (Section 3.18, “The "Packet List" pane”), all selections in the "View"
menu (Section 3.7, “The "View" menu”) and the last directory navigated to in the File Open dialog.
Other configurations
All other configurations are stored in the personal configuration folder, and are common to
all profiles.
Figure 10.10. The configuration profiles dialog box
New This button adds a new profile to the profiles list. The name of the
created profile is "New profile" and can be changed in the Properties
field.
Copy This button adds a new profile to the profiles list, copying all
configuration from the profile currently selected in the list. The name
of the created profile is the same as the copied profile, with the text
"(copy)" applied. The name can be changed in the Properties field.
Delete This button deletes the selected profile, including all configuration
files used in this profile. It is not possible to delete the "Default"
profile.
Configuration Profiles You can select a configuration profile from this list (which will fill in
the profile name in the fields down at the bottom of the dialog box).
Profile name: You can change the name of the currently selected profile here.
Used as a folder name
The profile name will be used as a folder name in the
configured "Personal configurations" folder. If adding
multiple profiles with the same name, only one profile
will be created.