How to DISABLE Arm on Select in options.txt

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simplemusic
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How to DISABLE Arm on Select in options.txt

Post by simplemusic » Mon Nov 12, 2018 1:08 am

Hi, I enabled arm on select (by adding the line -EnableArmOnSelect) to the options.txt file.

Worked great. Now I wish to disable it as I do not want this behaviour for my Live set-up (will just use it when producing). Any ideas how to disable it. I tried saving a new options file without the above line - NO GO. I tried putting in a line that was -DisableArmOnSelect...also NO GO.

Any ideas how to disable this once enabled?

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Re: How to DISABLE Arm on Select in options.txt

Post by simplemusic » Mon Nov 12, 2018 1:47 am

There's something about posting about an issue that immediately has me solving it for myself. I just worked out that I am on the Beta path with Live and I've had a few upgrades since I set the options.txt. So, I needed to go into the latest version and edit that one. Just did that, and saved an options.txt with out the Arm on selection and it's all good now.

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Re: How to DISABLE Arm on Select in options.txt

Post by SiLi » Wed Aug 26, 2020 12:32 pm

For anyone still looking for the solution on how to disable -EnableArmOnSelect in the options.txt file here's how to fix it:

1. Open (or create) the "options.txt" file in:
Windows: \Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Ableton\Live x.x.x\Preferences
Mac OS X: \User\Library\Preferences\Ableton\Live x.x.x\
2. Add the line "-NoAutoArming"
3. Save the file and restart Ableton

I actually had it enabled without even having an options.txt file and was looking for an answer to that problem aswell.

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Re: How to DISABLE Arm on Select in options.txt

Post by [jur] » Wed Aug 26, 2020 2:59 pm

SiLi wrote:
Wed Aug 26, 2020 12:32 pm
For anyone still looking for the solution on how to disable -EnableArmOnSelect in the options.txt file here's how to fix it:

1. Open (or create) the "options.txt" file in:
Windows: \Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Ableton\Live x.x.x\Preferences
Mac OS X: \User\Library\Preferences\Ableton\Live x.x.x\
2. Add the line "-NoAutoArming"
3. Save the file and restart Ableton

I actually had it enabled without even having an options.txt file and was looking for an answer to that problem aswell.
Removing the line is enough.
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