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Application configurations allow you to alter the appearance and behavior of ArcGIS Explorer, tailoring the application to a specialized use-case. The application configuration can customize the out-of-the-box user interface, specify a map, provide a custom splash screen, logo, application title and restrict various application permissions.

After you create an application configuration, it is stored in a single file (.ncfg) and can be easily shared via email, a file server, a web server, or ArcGIS Online. Launching an application configuration can be accomplished with a desktop shortcut, a link on a web page, via a command line option when starting ArcGIS Explorer, or by simply double-clicking the .ncfg file.

You can use the capabilities included in application configurations to streamline the deployment of ArcGIS Explorer within your enterprise. For example, the application configuration can contain common resources like basemaps, pre-configured server connections, and references to custom help systems, place, address, and route finding services.

You can create, define and manage your application configurations using the ArcGIS Explorer Application Configuration Manager application which was installed when you installed ArcGIS Explorer and is available on in the ArcGIS program group on the start menu.

##### Getting started

Once you have installed the configuration manager, you can start it by clicking it in the Start menu under All Programs/ArcGIS.

The first time you run the application, you’ll be prompted to add an application configuration. You can create a new application configuration, or if you already have a configuration, you can browse to it to add it to the application. Once you’ve added a configuration, it will be listed in the configuration manager.