Windows / Linux Configuration File
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Problem
To modify the desktop client settings, typically, a user needs to open the Hipchat client and change the server settings.
Diagnosis
Environment
- This applies to Hipchat for Windows and Linux 2.x
Workaround
You can add the server settings to *Hipchat.ini* file.
- You can create this file prior to opening Hipchat for the first time
- In Linux this file is located within /home/<user>/.config/Atlassian/Hipchat.ini
- Please note that in Linux this file isn't created until the Hipchat app is run for the first time, however this file can be manually created.
- In Windows this file is located within C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Atlassian\Hipchat.ini
Here's an example of what should be on the Hipchat.ini file
[General] hipChatComConnection=false hipChatServerHost=hcserver.domain.com