Ok I can confirm that settings were not being saved immediately.

Can you try this beta version:
Download beta version (4.15.1 BETA) from here (or portable).

-mouser (November 06, 2015, 02:51 PM)

@mouser - That didn't fix it :( 

However, between the Win 10 Clip Tool and Win+PrtScrn all my needs are covered - they do things that XP equivalents didn't do, which is when I started using SC.  I have never used most of SC's features (eg editing and annotating), so I am abandoning it as my primary screen capture tool. If and when I ever need it, I'll start and stop it as a regular application . 

Thanks for your efforts over the years.

RP

I'm not sure if I made this clear - I lose the hot key settings even if I don't actually use the program.  That is, they can be there on Monday morning, but when I start the system on Tuesday they may be gone, even though i didn't use the program on Monday.

Also this, which must be related

that file will survive upgrades.
actually if my memory is correct what you will find in the SC program files directory is ConfigDirDefault.ini, so you should rename that to ConfigDir.ini and then edit it.
either way, it won't be overridden on update/reinstall.

-mouser (October 21, 2015, 06:08 PM)

Great - it was ConfigDir.ini, I've set it to APPDATA

I have another program where I have to change the content of the program's file directory, a non trivial html file - it gets clobbered on an install. 

But it's not ideal even if it does survive an upgrade, to edit the file you have to be in Admin mode and it wont survive an uninstall/reinstall.  IMO it would be better to use an environment variable eg SCREEN_CAPTOR_CONFIG_DIR, if it's absent then default to Documents.  And environment variables are saved in System Restore Points.

So, I'll see how this goes, I've set a reminder to come back and report in a month.  Of course if it doesn't fix it I'll be back sooner, but I think it will fix it.  Perhaps you'll consider my suggestions for a future release.

Cheers & thanks to everyone for your help - RP