The app and its data folder
This section covers RigReady itself rather than your rig: the one folder where it keeps its own data, its settings, how it updates itself, the command palette and the keyboard, the text size, where its log is, what leaves the PC, and how to remove it.
Nothing here touches your games. For what RigReady does to game files, see Backups, sharing and safety.
The data folder
RigReady's data folder is ~/.rigready: the folder .rigready in your Windows user folder, normally C:\Users\<you>\.rigready. The manual writes it as ~/.rigready throughout. Configure > Diagnostics and the About panel (the version number at the top right) both show the exact path.
To keep the data somewhere else, set the environment variable RIGREADY_HOME to the folder you want before starting RigReady. Everything below then goes there instead.
What is in it:
| Folder or file | What it holds |
|---|---|
profiles\ | Your setups, one YAML file each. You may edit them by hand; see setups as YAML. |
settings.json | The settings. |
displays\layouts.json | Your saved monitor layouts. |
backup\ | The Always back up list, the backup preferences, the snapshot index, the what changed records, and the stored file contents they share. |
backups\ | The backup files you made, as zip files, and under backups\auto the automatic copies of every file RigReady changed. |
journal.jsonl | The change journal the Safety page reads. |
logs\rigready.log | The log, with up to four older files beside it (rigready.log.1 and so on); each is at most 5 MB. |
secrets\ | The API key of each AI provider you stored one for, encrypted for your Windows account. |
devices.json | The names you gave devices, and what you said each one is and is used for (Devices). |
games\custom.json | The games you added on the Games page. |
processes\known.json | The apps you chose to offer in every new setup. |
overlay\settings.json | Whether the overlay is on, where you placed it, its options, and the aircraft or car you chose for each setup. |
cheat-sheets\ | Your own cheat sheet layouts, drawings and photos (one file per device model, under layouts\), your notes, and the trainer's records. |
ai-assist\guides\ | The binding guides you imported or wrote, and those drafted by AI. |
window.json, panels.json, state.json | Where the window and the pop-out panels were left, and which setup was used last. |
The program itself is installed under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\RigReady, and a downloaded update waits in %LOCALAPPDATA%\rigready-updater until it is installed.
- SettingsA reference of every setting on the Settings page, from Start with Windows to the hotkey, the update channel and how the AI key is stored.
- UpdatesRigReady checks GitHub for a new version, downloads it in the background and installs it only when you restart or quit, and never while a game runs.
- The command paletteCtrl+K opens one field that finds every page and runs the common actions from wherever you are, and reports what an action did at the bottom of the window.
- Keyboard shortcutsThe complete list of keys RigReady answers to: the palette, the two modes, the help overlay, the text size, full screen, and the keys on the Play screen.
- Text sizeCtrl and plus makes everything in the window larger, Ctrl and minus smaller, Ctrl and zero puts it back, and F11 fills the screen.
- DiagnosticsThe Diagnostics page shows what RigReady knows about this PC and its log, copies a report with personal details removed, and exports it for a problem report.
- PrivacyWhat leaves the PC when RigReady runs, which is update checks and AI requests you approve, and what personal details are removed from anything you share.
- SecurityWhat RigReady writes and where, why it needs no administrator rights, what leaves the PC, how updates are checked, and how to verify an installer.
- UninstallRemove RigReady from Windows Settings; it asks whether to remove your data too and keeps it by default, and it never touches your game files.