If the front end activation dialog box appears when you launch Mathematica, either Mathematica could not locate the mathpass file or there was no valid password in the ...

AutoloadPath is a global option that specifies from which directories packages are automatically loaded when Mathematica is started.

SystemHelpPath is a global option that specifies which directories are searched for the help notebooks used within the help system.

PreferencesPath is a global option that specifies which directories are searched for user-specific settings when Mathematica is started.

NotebookPath is a global option that determines which directories are searched when a specified notebook is needed.

Mathematica allows convenient discovery and customization of all aspects of its system setup.

Mathematica provides a convenient collection of platform-independent functions for manipulating names of files and directories. These functions can also be used to assemble ...

PrivatePaths -> {opt_1 -> val_1, opt_2 -> val_2, ...} is a global option that specifies settings for paths private to the notebook front end.

CreateArchive[source] creates a compressed archive in the current directory from a file or directory specified by source.CreateArchive[source, path] creates a compressed ...