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Could anyone point me as to where QGis stores the list of WMS-servers you added?

I have built a fairly large list of WMS-server on one computer, but the QGis-project file which gets accessed by my collegues doesn't load ALL of the layers (to keep startup quick).

Occasionally though, a wms layer is required for which I have the needed url info saved, but they cannot acces it. Therefor, I'd like to make local duplicates of the WMS server list I have in my setup onto the other computers.

So far the idea, the problem is I'm clueless as to where to find the stored list, and if I can just copy/paste that into the matching folder on another computer

(Using QGis 2.0.1 still on most computers, fiddling around with 2.2 locally before I go and upgrade on all (~12) PC's.

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To share the WMS connections list you can "Save" the XML file (from the form "add WMS/WMTS layer) and "Load" it in every client.

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  • Right, how did I feel to see that? :o Thanks for the pointers.
    – Tim Couwelier
    Apr 23, 2014 at 8:37
  • Don't worry, I also totally missed this just a few weeks ago... :)
    – SAnderka
    Apr 23, 2014 at 9:04
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It isn't needed to edit the registry, at least for QGIS 3.x. All your connection preferences are stored in QGIS3.ini located in

 C:\users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\QGIS\QGIS3\profiles\default\QGIS\QGIS3.ini

Look for the [QGIS] block right before [Processing] in QGIS3.ini. You can append already stored multiple connections from one user to the [QGIS] block of an other user.

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If you are on Windows, you can export the WMS settings from the registry.

For Windows XP and Windows 7, they are stored under

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\QGIS\QGIS2\Qgis\connections-wms

You can export the key as .reg file, which is human readable, and import it on other computers with the same OS.

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  • Much to my surprise, the xml is fairly readable to humans aswell. While I am running the 'base computer' on XP, I prefer to avoid fooling around with the registry. That said, most of the other computers are on Windows 7. Thanks for the heads up though.
    – Tim Couwelier
    Apr 23, 2014 at 11:10
  • I don't see any differences between XP and Windows 7 for the registry entries.
    – AndreJ
    Apr 23, 2014 at 15:11

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