Start blank instance WHILE keeping another?

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obsfanatic1979

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Greetings

I wish to start a new OBS studio instance FRESH without configuration

I have a previous configuration I do NOT wish to locse

How do I start another instance WITHOUT configuration options -- like a fresh instance WHILE keeping the original instance thats configured without losing settings?
 
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AaronD

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As you might already know, OBS can have multiple sets of settings, stored in Profiles and Scene Collections. Not entirely sure why they're separate, as I always change both at the same time, but there they are.

If you launch OBS without specifying on the command line which to use, it uses the one you had last. Then you can change it from the menu.

If you use the command-line flags when you launch OBS, then you can tell it which to load in the first place. And you can do a lot more with those flags too! obs --help to see all of them.

I have a script that manages each of my rigs, so I don't start OBS directly. I run the script instead, which does a lot of other things too, and has a whole bunch of command-line flags when it finally gets around to starting OBS.
 
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AaronD

Active Member
It's supposed to be automatic, either when you switch profiles, or when you close OBS. If OBS crashes, however, it's not guaranteed.
So to guard against a crash wiping out my settings, I usually close OBS after making some changes I want to keep, and then reopen it.
 
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