Automatically Imported Settings
If you have installed a previous version of ACDSee Home, some settings will automatically be imported into your new version when launched for the first time.
ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2025 will import the following settings from your most recently installed version:
- Import Options: Automatically imports your saved Options settings. For more information see Import Options.
- Label Presets: Create label sets so you can quickly select and assign specified labels. For more information see Assigning Color Labels.
- Quick Category Sets: Use Quick Categories to keep order by creating categories of different events or areas of interest. For more information see Creating Categories.
- Quick Keyword Sets: Use Quick Keywords to keep organized and to streamline your workflow by creating a group of related keywords that hold an association for you. For more information see Creating and Assigning Hierarchical Keywords.
- Batch Convert File Format Presets: Save frequently used file format settings as a preset, allowing you to convert multiple images to specific file formats quickly. For more information, see Converting Multiple Images to Another File Format.
- Batch Rename Presets: Save frequently used renaming settings as a preset. Use Batch Rename presets to rename multiple files with specific formatting applied. For more information, see Renaming Multiple Files.
- Batch Resize Presets: Save frequently used resizing parameters to resize multiple images at once with specific formatting applied. For more information, see Resizing Multiple Images.
- Advanced Search Pane Search Presets: Save search results and bring them back with a single click. For more information, see Using the Advanced Search Pane.
- Advanced Search Pane Search History: Displays search history when searching by Filename, Text, or Filename > Pattern Match. For more information, see Choosing Criteria in the Advanced Search Pane.
- Customized Keyboard Shortcuts: Customizing keyboard shortcuts allows you to modify default key combinations to better suit your workflow, improving efficiency and ease of use. For more information see Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts.
- External Editor Settings: Open images in external editing applications from within ACDSee, configure ACDSee Home to work with a variety of image editors, and specify which image editor ACDSee Home uses by default. For more information see Configuring External Editors.
Some settings may not import from all older versions of ACDSee Home. (e.g. Options are only imported from
The import tool will only import from an older version and within the same product model. (e.g. ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2025 can only import options from an older version of ACDSee Photo Studio Home.)
The import tool will always import from the most recent previous version that can be found. (e.g. If ACDSee Photo Studio Home