Importing v3.x Projects and Settings

Source Insight version 4 can import v3.x projects and v3.x configuration settings. To import a project, select Project > Open Project. Click the Browse… button to navigate to the v3.x project file that has the .PR extension. The v3.x projects are usually stored in “DocumentsSource InsightProjects”. Open the .PR file and Source Insight will import the project…
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Automated Installation and Licensing

Silent Installation For versions starting 4.0.0137 and newer: Source Insight can be installed silently by invoking the setup program with the /qn option. You must run this from an Administrator command prompt or process. For example, to setup version 4.0.0137, use this command: sourceinsight40137-setup.exe /qn For versions 4.0.0136 and older: Source Insight can be installed…
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Freezing when Typing into Text Boxes

Symptom: Typing into a text box field, such as in the New Project dialog or the Search dialog, causes Source Insight to freeze. This problem may be caused by a known system issue where typing characters may freeze on Windows with non-English as preferred input languages. This is due to a bug in the Windows…
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Source Insight Cannot See Network Drives

Symptom: Source Insight cannot see network drives that are mapped to drive letters. This caused by a feature in Windows that blocks mapped drives in processes running with elevated privileges when the drives are mapped from a lesser privilege process. If you are running Source Insight from an “elevated” command prompt (for example an Administrator…
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Files are Read-Only

Symptom: Files you open in Source files are read-only. In Source Insight, a file is read-only in the following cases: The file is part of a read-only project. The file is stored in a Backup folder. Windows reports that the file has the read-only attribute. The file is part of an “import” project created by selecting Project > Import External Symbols (for…
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Deactivating the License

When you deactivate the license, it means that Source Insight can no longer be used on the computer. You are free to activate it again on the same computer, or a different computer. Make sure you save the license serial number if you want to activate it again. Once you deactivate it, the license information…
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Importing a License File

If you received an offline license file from us, use these instructions to import that license file into Source Insight. The offline license file lets you activate the license without a network connection. We email the license file to you as an email attachment. Save the attached license file to your local drive or somewhere…
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Changing the Source Insight Data Folder Location

Source Insight stores its project and configuration data files by default in the “DocumentsSource Insight 4.0” folder, where “Documents” is the Windows user Documents folder. Each Windows user account has its own Documents folder. If your Windows user Documents folder has been relocated to a remote drive, for example on OneDrive, we recommend that you…
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