Starting Visum with different settings

During program start, Visum uses the configuration file (*.cfg) which stores references to other files. These files are either automatically opened during program start or updated by default.

By default Visum uses the settings of the configuration file ...\PTV Visum 2025\exe\VISUM.cfg. There are three ways to start Visum with different settings:

  • Enter the particular settings in the command line of your Visum start connection. They will overwrite the settings of the configuration file.
  • Edit the settings in the standard configuration file ..\PTV Visum 2025\exe\Visum.cfg. Then, Visum will always use these settings for program start.
  • Create a copy of the file Visum.cfg – for example a separate one for each project – and rename it or save it to a different folder. In this file you can adopt the settings to your project. Then you create a connection to Visum and enter the name of the newly created configuration file. In this way you can start Visum with project-specific settings.

Note: Changes to the configuration of Visum should only be performed by experienced Visum users.