Settings.ini
For advanced users: the configuration file
This page is for advanced users. You do not need any of it for normal work — but if you want to add your own programs to the right-click menu, here is how.
The settings file
VSE2 keeps its settings in a plain text file called
Settings.ini. You will find it here:
%APPDATA%\BlueTomatoMedia\VSE2\Settings.ini
Paste that into the address bar of a File Explorer window to open the folder. You can edit the file in Notepad. Close VSE2 before you edit it, or your changes may be overwritten when it next saves.
You do not have to create the file — VSE2 writes it the first time it runs, with every setting at its default. If you ever want to start again, close VSE2, delete the file, and it will be rebuilt fresh on the next run.
Keep a copy of the file before you change it. A stray edit can stop a setting working, and a backup makes it a five-second fix.
If you want to run VSE2 from a USB stick, see Running from a USB stick — in that mode this file lives in VSE2's own folder instead.
Adding your own programs to "Open in..."
The Open in... right-click menu is built from a
section of Settings.ini called [OpenInMisc]. Each
line is a name you choose, an equals sign, and the full path to the
program:
[OpenInMisc]
Audacity=C:\Program Files\Audacity\audacity.exe
Audition CC 2025=C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Audition 2025\Adobe Audition.exeThe name on the left is what shows in the menu. The path on the right is where the program actually is on your computer.
If a program does not appear in the menu, the most likely reason is that
the path is wrong. VSE2 quietly skips any entry whose program it cannot find,
rather than showing a broken menu item. Check the path points at a real
.exe.
TrackTool versions
There is a matching [TrackToolVersions] section, in exactly the
same format, for the different versions of StationPlaylist's TrackTool you have
installed. It feeds the Open in TrackTool menu.
[TrackToolVersions]
6.1.1.3=C:\Program Files (x86)\StationPlaylist6.10\TrackTool.exe