This file is installed by StarTeam Runtime and the application clients. The starteam-client-options.xml file lists personal option settings and any alternate working folders you have set with the application (accessed by selecting ). You may want to back up this file or put it under version control. If the starteam-client-options.xml file is missing, the application automatically recreates it. However, the recreated file contains only the default settings for the personal options and no alternate working folder information. If the starteam-client-options.xml file is corrupted, you can delete it, but you may be able to edit it. You can tell that the starteam-client-options.xml file is missing or corrupted when your personal options are no longer correct, changes you made to personal options disappear when you restart the application, files do not change even though you have checked them out (because they have been copied to the wrong working folders), or the application reports that old files are missing and does not see new files, because it is looking for them in the wrong place.
The options that are check boxes in the dialog are set equal to 1 for selected or 0 for cleared. Intervals are set to a number of minutes or seconds depending on the option. Paths are in text. No quotation marks are used with the text.
For example, the Project Component information provides the paths to alternate working folders for projects accessed from your workstation. The entry for this component in the starteam-client-options.xml file includes the following parts.