added to mediawiki → https://wiki.egosoft.com/wiki/X4:ResetGameConfig
In some cases it might be necessary to reset the game to the default settings (for instance if the game fails to start at all or if you simply want to reset the game to a clean configuration undoing all the settings you did before).
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Make sure X4 is NOT running.
Open the Windows Explorer and enter "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Egosoft\X4" (without the quotes).
You should end up in the X4 user folder here. If you are running the game via Steam, you'd see a subfolder consisting of only numbers (which is your SteamID). In this case, switch into this folder (for example this might result in: C:\Users\[WindowsUserName]\Documents\Egosoft\X4\[SteamID]).
Inside the folder you'd find a config.xml file. Make a backup of the file (in case you need to restore it at some later pointer) and replace the file with this config.xml.
Start X4.
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