# Is there a way to save keyboard shortcuts in case of required Eve reinstall? **URL:** \ **Category:** New Citizens Q&A\ **Tags:** ui\ **Created:** [December 21, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-save-keyboard-shortcuts-in-case-of-required-eve-reinstall/286342 "2020-12-21T18:31:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![Beetle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/beetle/32/356567_2.png) [@Beetle](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-save-keyboard-shortcuts-in-case-of-required-eve-reinstall/286342/5 "2020-12-21T22:16:50Z")
I found the files thank you! They should be named like core\_user\_12255983 right? I have trouble properly opening it though. I tried Notepad, Notepad++, Internet Explorer, Mozzilla Firefox, VLC. For all those I get nothing or a long document with half of the characters being weird symbols. If I can at least get names from these files I can copy them like you wrote. Actually I would be glad for all accounts to be set the samy way, I don’t do crazy multiboxing stuff or anything like that. Well for mining I do a bit but you know what I mean. In the meanwhile I made a quality of life request about this. If you’re interested like me maybe give me a like so it hopefully get exposed better to CCP. > [@Little things / Small QoL suggestions](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/little-things-small-qol-suggestions/3545/2245): > > Suggestion: Ability to save and share keyboard shortcuts Keywords: UI, keyboard shortcuts Note: Useful to save time on setting them every time Eve is reinstalled. I use a good amount of keyboard shortcuts because manually clicking with mouse through menus isn’t fast nor comfortable enough. With every time I have to reinstall Eve, like after HDD format for example, I lose all of my shortcuts and it’s annoying to set them one by one yet again. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-save-keyboard-shortcuts-in-case-of-required-eve-reinstall/286342)._