From 70f50a655ba5e2c2d4876c6f3535c0442923306c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jamie Newbon <Jamie@symless.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 11:33:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] #6538 Moved System scope to ini format and saved to
 application folder

---
 src/gui/src/main.cpp | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/gui/src/main.cpp b/src/gui/src/main.cpp
index 1c6d3761f..5e036be81 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/src/main.cpp
@@ -88,10 +88,16 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 #ifndef Q_OS_WIN
     QApplication::setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(false);
 #endif
+    //Set the path of the system settings to the programs local folder
+    //as the default system settings path has problems writing without Admin/root permission
+    QSettings::setPath(QSettings::Format::IniFormat,
+                       QSettings::Scope::SystemScope,
+                       QString("SystemSettings"));
 
     //Config will default to User settings if they exist,
     // otherwise it will load System setting and save them to User settings
-    QSettings systemSettings(QSettings::Scope::SystemScope,
+    QSettings systemSettings(QSettings::Format::IniFormat,
+            QSettings::Scope::SystemScope,
             QCoreApplication::organizationName(),
             QCoreApplication::applicationName());