In windows your config settings are held in C:Users\username\Appdata\local so even if you delete/remove the old DSLstats folder and unzipp DSLstats your current settings will survive and be used on Version 5.3.1
Nope: on windows you can configure DSLstats to write config files in the application directory (portable mode), that's what I did. Hence my request.
In the zip file I notice there's no .ini file so overwriting should be safe, but I preferred to ask.
Thanks for your comment.
yes it will work but don't delete the DSLstats folder or you will lose the config file thats why I find it's better to let DSLstats send the config/ini file to the appdata folder by default it cause's less hassel when updateing to a new version of DSLstats.
There's no hassle when you update, no matter the location of the config files, because Eric (wisely) doesn't put any config files in the zip, so you don't overwrite anything (proper behaviour for portable apps).
If you change the option right after first installation (first run), you don't lose anything, at first save configuration is created from the start in the exe folder, and that's good.
If you change the option after some time, config files are in win appdata, what I did in my case was copy them to exe folder, run the program, select the option to save them in the exe folder and close. Then deleted win appdata folder after I was sure that config was read from the exe folder.
It would be good if the program would take care automatically of the migration when you change the option, and I would also suggest using a subdirectory for config files to ease config migration/backup. I use many portable apps, so I'm used to these kind of manual processes and it's not a big problem for me.
Thanks for the comments.