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 [[Category: Configuration_Files]]
 = Initial Configurations =
-The main cumulus.ini [[:Category:Configuration Files| configuration file]] is located in the directory in which you installed Cumulus.exe. It is a text file containing initialization parameters used by the Cumulus application, and is read only when Cumulus starts up.  Cumulus re-writes the contents of the application configuration screens to the file when it shuts down.
+The main ''Cumulus.ini'' [[:Category:Configuration Files| configuration file]] is located in the directory in which you installed Cumulus.exe. It is a text file containing initialization parameters used by the Cumulus 1.x.x, or Cumulus MX, application; and is read '''only''' when Cumulus starts up.  Cumulus '''re-writes''' the contents of the application configuration screens to the file when it ''shuts down''. For Cumulus MX, the file-name must start with a capital letter.
-A second cumulus.ini may be stored in the reports sub-directory, this only contains a [[#Section:_MainForm|single section]] and relates to the screen used for NOAA reports.
+A second ''Cumulus.ini'' may be stored in the reports sub-directory, this only contains a [[#Section:_MainForm|single section]] and relates to the screen used for NOAA reports.
-The parameters listed can change the look of Cumulus, hold basic information about your location, amend the way Cumulus interfaces with your weather station, and hold the settings used to interface with your website and various external websites.
+The parameters listed can change the look of Cumulus, hold basic information about your location, amend the way Cumulus interfaces with your weather station, and hold the settings used to interface with your website, and with various external websites.
+If you are using an old version, then ''checking the release information may be advisable'' to identify the sections applicable to your build, and to identify if the parameters allowed within those sections may be a subset of those listed below as available in latest release.
-If you are using an old version, then checking the release information may be advisable to identify the sections applicable to your build and the parameters allowed within those sections may be a subset of those listed below.
 = File Structure =
 The main file consists of a number of sections, each with a heading delimited by '[ ]', (although the order in the file may be different to that in this article).  Parameter lines are in the form 'attribute=value' and grouped by those sections.