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 ==Remove redundant parameters from file==
+Best done after, not before, you [[Updating MX to new version|upgrade]] MX, as installing a new release might add/remove parameters to/from Cumulus.ini.
-If you have been using Cumulus for a while, there might be parameters that are now obsolete, and newer parameters appended at end might make the file look strange. You can start afresh with a new file while Cumulus MX running...
+If you have been using Cumulus for a while, there might be parameters that are now obsolete left in file, and as newer parameters are appended at end that might make the parameter order look strange. You can start afresh with a new file anytime.
-# Rename your Cumulus.ini to say Cumulus.ini.SAVE
-# In Cumulus go to one of the settings screens - say Alarms - and click the Update Alarms button
+You must do this while Cumulus MX running (to preserve existing settings)...
+# Rename your existing '''Cumulus.ini''' to say '''Cumulus.ini.sav''' (this keeps the file, but stops MX finding it)
+# In Cumulus go to one of the settings screens - say Alarms - and click the Update Alarms button (i.e. any action that makes MX save settings to its configuration file)
 # Cumulus should create a brand new Cumulus.ini file,
 #This will have all the settings you have chosen
 #They will now be in the order MX is expecting
-#Any redundant MX (or legacy Cumulus) settings will be removed.
+#Any redundant MX (or legacy Cumulus) settings will no longer exist (MX does not know them any more, so it cannot create them).
-This tends to reorder the FTP settings section the most as it has 100 "entries" to save each with several settings, and some more recently added so they get appended out of order at the end
+A major change is likely in the <nowiki>'''[Station]'''</nowiki> section as that is seeing a lot of changes as MX is developed.
+The most dramatic change may happen in <nowiki>'''[FTP Site]'''</nowiki> as any changes to the list of parameters for '''Extra Web Files''' are reproduced 100 times.
 =The settings pages in admin interface=