Start options

Start options include settings for starting ArcGIS AllSource and creating projects.

To access the Start options, do the following:

1. From an open project, click the Project tab on the ribbon. Or, from the ArcGIS AllSource start page, click the Settings tab .
2. In the list of side tabs, click Options.
3. On the Options dialog box menu, under Application, click Start.

Start ArcGIS AllSource

The following are the options for starting ArcGIS AllSource:

• Show the start page—Display the start page, where you can open a saved project or create a project from a template. This is the default setting.
• Without a project template—Bypass the start page and begin working without a template.
• With a default project—Open a specified project. Click Browse and browse to a project, or specify the path in the Project text box.

Create projects

These options include settings for new projects and project items such as geodatabases and toolboxes.

Project location

By default, projects are saved to your user profile directory at Documents\ArcGIS\Projects. When you create a project, the path to this folder is shown on the Create a New Project dialog box. The following are the options for saving a project:

• New projects are saved in the default location—Save projects in the default folder.
• New projects are saved in a custom location—Save projects in a location other than the default folder. Click Browse and browse to a location, or specify the path in the Location text box.

Create a folder for the project

When the Create a folder for the project check box is checked, new projects are stored in the project file, project geodatabase, and project toolbox (.asrx, .gdb, and .tbx files, respectively) in a folder named for the project. For example, in a project named MyProject, the files are stored in a folder named MyProject in the default project location.

When this check box is not checked, the files are stored in the default project location without organizing them in their own folder.

When you create a project, you can override the Create a folder for the project option by checking or unchecking the Create a new folder for this project check box.

For new projects, you can choose whether to create a project folder. The options setting determines whether this box is checked by default.

Geodatabase

The default geodatabase is the geodatabase where geoprocessing output data is written, unless otherwise specified. The following are the options for saving geoprocessing output:

• New default geodatabase for each project—Save geoprocessing outputs to the geodatabase that was created with the project. This is the default setting.
• Same default geodatabase for all projects—Save geoprocessing outputs to another geodatabase. Click Browse and browse to a geodatabase, or specify the path in the Geodatabase text box.

Note:

The default geodatabase can be a file geodatabase (.gdb), mobile geodatabase (.geodatabase), or enterprise geodatabase (.egdb). Other database types are not supported as default geodatabases.

Toolbox

The default toolbox is the toolbox where geoprocessing models are created, unless otherwise specified. The following are the options for saving a toolbox:

• New default toolbox for each project—Save geoprocessing models and other custom tools to the toolbox that was created with the project. This is the default setting.
• Same default toolbox for all projects—Save geoprocessing models and other custom tools to another toolbox. Click Browse and browse to a toolbox, or specify the path in the Toolbox text box.

Note:

The default toolbox can be a toolbox (.atbx), Python toolbox (.pyt), or legacy toolbox (.tbx). A toolbox stored in a geodatabase cannot be the default toolbox.