From 46c6275c438ce642609cb2ed158151a65f9756ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sithlord48 <sithlord48@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:54:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feature: make sure when portable settings are cleared a new
 blank file is created

---
 src/lib/gui/Diagnostic.cpp | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/lib/gui/Diagnostic.cpp b/src/lib/gui/Diagnostic.cpp
index 9162b2f07..5ae553275 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/Diagnostic.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/gui/Diagnostic.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@ void clearSettings(bool enableRestart)
   qDebug("removing profile dir: %s", qPrintable(profileDir.absolutePath()));
   profileDir.removeRecursively();
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+  if (Settings::isNativeMode()) {
+    // make a new empty portable settings file
+    if (profileDir.mkpath(Settings::settingsPath())) {
+      QFile file(Settings::settingsFile());
+      file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
+      file.write(" ", 1);
+      file.close();
+    }
+  }
+#endif
+
   if (enableRestart) {
     qDebug("restarting");
     restart();