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1. First of all (Quaestor version 2.46.2 and higher, check version information here ), Quaestor will search for the Quaestor system settings file (QuaestorSystem.xml), which can be available in the Quaestor installation directory depending on the type of installation of Quaestor (see Quaestor Installation see Installing Quaestor):
1. by default, this Quaestor system settings file is not available. Quaestor will continue with searching for the the QuaestorSettingsFile.xml file in the default directory (see Directory structure ). QuaestorSettingsFile.xml defines the last used personal settings file (an xml file);
2. when the Quaestor system settings file (QuaestorSystem.xml) is available, Quaestor will read the license information from this file. Optionally Quaestor will read the defined path for setting files (QuaestorSettingsFile.xml and the personal settings file);
2. When the personal settings file (of which the file name is specified in QuaestorSettingsFile.xml...) is read successfully, all the personal settings are loaded. 
   It will depend on the availability of a default settings file (DefaultQuaestorSettings.xml) in the installation directory of Quaestor (see Quaestor Installation see Installing Quaestor), whether additional default settings are read:
1. by default, this file is not available and the personal settings as read are used;
2. when available, these default settings will overrule personal settings. 
3. In case default settings are found these will always be read and the resulting total settings are saved as PersonalQuaestorSettings.xml. 
   In other words, when default settings are available, these will always be used at startup of Quaestor. When you want to use personal settings other than these defined in the default settings, you have to select your personal settings file after Quaestor has started with these default settings. The only way to change this behavior is to delete the default settings file from your installation directory;
4. After all personal and default settings are read, Quaestor will first check the license by either contacting the Qnowledge license Manager or checking the string read in the QuaestorSytem.xml or personal settings file;
5. When a valid license is obtained, it will depend on the defined user level (either by the license or as set in the settings) what the next steps of Quaestor will be:
1. When the license or settings defines that you are an End User, Quaestor will either:
1. the default knowledge base as defined in (Menu: Tools>Options>Files), and hereafter will continue a described in "Starting a knowledge base file" above;
2. start Quaestor without a knowledge base;
2. When the license or settings defines that you are a Domain Expert or Knowledge Engineer, the Quaestor user interface will start in the default layout for the specified user level;

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