Locating the FAW home folder

Fireplex Analysis Workbench stores a variety of information in a folder called .firecode located in the user's home folder.  In particular, it stores

• a log file of the most recent run, in a file called log
• a list of all PLX files describing the fixed panels as well as any custom panels that have been used
• a copy of the HTML documentation for the program in a subfolder called doc
• a preferences file called user.config that preserves information from run to run, for example what export options are preferred
  

The location of the user's home folder is somewhat system dependent, and especially on Windows can be quite hard to find.  To find home folder, open the file browser and navigate to This PC.   Choose the C: drive. 
In the list on the right, there should be a folder called Users.   If you enter this folder, you should see a folder with your name.  That is the user's home folder.

Inside the user's home folder, look for a folder called ".firecode".   The name starts with a period (full stop). 

Inside the .firecode folder, one of the files is called log.   This is a log of the most recent activity. 

 The log file can be opened in Wordpad or any text editor.   If it is desired to be preserved, it should be renamed, perhaps as log-yyyy-mm-dd.txt so that the next time the workbench starts up it does not rewrite it.