Wolfram System Setup
The Wolfram System allows convenient discovery and customization of all aspects of its system setup.
System Information »
SystemInformation — information about your Wolfram System and computer system
$Version ▪ $System ▪ $MachineName ▪ $Username ▪ ...
System Configuration
$Path — list of directories to search for files
$UserBaseDirectory , $BaseDirectory — default locations for additional files
Initialization »
InitializationValue — settable persistent initialization value
$Initialization — held expression evaluated when the system starts
$PreInitialization ▪ $InitializationContexts ▪ $CommandLine ▪ ...
SetOptions — set options for the front end, kernel, and individual functions
Once — evaluate any expression once in a session
Cloud Operations
$EvaluationEnvironment ▪ $CloudBase
Persistent Local Storage »
Remote Kernels
Evaluation ▶ Kernel Configuration Options — configure kernels
Evaluation ▶ Notebook's Kernel — choose a kernel to connect to
Evaluator — specify which kernel to use for a cell, button, etc.
Parallel Computing »
LaunchKernels ▪ $ProcessorCount ▪ ...
LLM Operations »
$LLMEvaluator ▪ LLMEvaluator ▪ LLMConfiguration ▪ ...
Locale & Internationalization »
$TimeZone ▪ $CharacterEncoding ▪ $Language ▪ $DateStringFormat ▪ ...
System & License Management »
$LicenseID ▪ $MachineID ▪ $LicenseServer ▪ $ProcessID ▪ ...
Session Customization »
$Post ▪ $Path ▪ $RecursionLimit ▪ $HistoryLength ▪ ...