Updated the Configuration Profiles chapter in the User Guide.

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and configurations. Select the <command>Configuration Profiles...</command> menu item from
the <command>Edit</command> menu, or simply press Shift-Ctrl-A; and Wireshark will pop up the
Configuration Profiles dialog box as shown in <xref linkend="ChCustGUIConfigProfilesPage"/>.
It is also possible to click in the "Profile" part of the statusbar to popup a menu with
available Configuration Profiles (<xref linkend="ChUseWiresharkStatusbarProfile"/>).
</para>
<para>
Configuration files stored in the Profiles:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Preferences (preferences)
Preferences (preferences) (<xref linkend="ChCustPreferencesSection"/>)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Capture Filters (cfilters)
Capture Filters (cfilters) (<xref linkend="ChWorkDefineFilterSection"/>)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Display Filters (dfilters)
Display Filters (dfilters) (<xref linkend="ChWorkDefineFilterSection"/>)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Coloring Rules (colorfilters)
Coloring Rules (colorfilters) (<xref linkend="ChCustColorizationSection"/>)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Disabled Protocols (disabled_protos)
Disabled Protocols (disabled_protos) (<xref linkend="ChAdvEnabledProtocols"/>)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
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<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Display Filter Macros (dfilter_macros)
Display Filter Macros (dfilter_macros) (<xref linkend="ChDisplayFilterMacrosSection"/>)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
K12 Protocols (k12_protos)
K12 Protocols (k12_protos) (<xref linkend="ChK12ProtocolsSection"/>)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
SCCP Users Table (sccp_users)
User DLTs Table (user_dlts) (<xref linkend="ChUserDLTsSection"/>)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
SNMP Users (snmp_users)
SNMP Users (snmp_users) (<xref linkend="ChSNMPUsersSection"/>)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
User DLTs Table (user_dlts)
SCCP Users Table (sccp_users) (<xref linkend="ChSccpUsers"/>)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Some recent settings (recent), such as phane sizes in the Main window
(<xref linkend="ChUseMainWindowSection"/>), column widths in the packet list
(<xref linkend="ChUsePacketListPaneSection"/>), all selections in the "View" menu
(<xref linkend="ChUseViewMenuSection"/>) and the last directory navigated to in the
File Open dialog.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<note><title>Note!</title>
<note><title>Other configurations</title>
<para>
All other configurations are stored in the personal configuration folder,
and are common to all profiles.
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<varlistentry><term><command>New</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
This button adds a new profile to the profiles list.
This button adds a new profile to the profiles list. The name of the
created profile is "New profile" and can be changed in the Properties field.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><command>Delete</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
This button deletes the selected profile.
This button deletes the selected profile, including all configuration
files used in this profile.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<para>
You can change the name of the currently selected profile here.
</para>
<note><title>Note!</title>
<note><title>Used as a folder name</title>
<para>
The profile name will be used as a folder name in the configured
"Personal configurations" folder. If adding multiple profiles with the
same name, only one profile will be created.
</para>
</note>
<note><title>Note!</title>
<note><title>Illegal characters</title>
<para>
On Windows the profile name cannot start or end with a period (.), and cannot contain
any of the following characters: <command>\ / : * ? " &lt; &gt; |</command>
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<varlistentry><term><command>Cancel</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Close this dialog. This will discard unsaved settings.
Close this dialog. This will discard unsaved settings, new profiles will not be added
and deleted profiles will not be deleted.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><command>Help</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Show this help page.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>