If you want to have the possibility to start ZEN directly with a certain profile, you can create a specific desktop shortcut.

  1. You have installed ZEN.
  1. Open the Windows file explorer and navigate to the folder where ZEN is installed. The default is C:\Program Files\Carl Zeiss\ZEN 2\ZEN 2 (blue edition).
  2. Find and right click ZEN.exe and drag and drop it to the desktop with pressed right mouse click.
  3. A context menu is displayed.
  4. Select Create shortcuts here.
  5. A shortcut is created on the desktop.
  6. Right click on the shortcut and select Properties from the context menu.
  7. The properties window is displayed.
  8. On the Shortcut tab, go to Target.
  9. The path of the exe file is displayed, e.g. C:\Program Files\Carl Zeiss\ZEN 2\ZEN 2 (blue edition)\ZEN.exe
  10. Change this path by adding a space, /ProfileId= and the respective ID of the profile. For information, see the table below.
  11. The path is changed, e.g. to C:\Program Files\Carl Zeiss\ZEN 2\ZEN 2 (blue edition)\ZEN.exe /ProfileId=ZenBlue.LM.Lite.
  12. Click OK.
  13. The properties window closes and the changes are saved.
  1. You have created a shortcut for a specific profile of ZEN. Starting the software by clicking this shortcut directly starts the respective profile.

Profile IDs for ZEN

Profile

Profile ID

ZEN celldiscoverer

ZenBlue.LM.CellDiscoverer

ZEN Desk

ZenBlue.LM.Desk

ZEN Image Processing

ZenBlue.LM.ImageProcessing

ZEN lite

ZenBlue.LM.Lite

ZEN lattice lightsheet

ZenBlue.LM.muSpim

ZEN pro

ZenBlue.LM.Pro

ZEN SEM

ZenBlue.LM.SEM

ZEN slidescan

ZenBlue.LM.SlideScan

ZEN system

ZenBlue.LM.System