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  Re: Almost done with game server setup...
  By: Martin Kazmaier to All on Wed Dec 24 2025 08:03 pm

 >
 > I need to get rid of "How did you hear about this bbs"

Set [newuser] survey=false in your ctrl/modopts. As documented here:
https://wiki.synchro.net/module:newuser

 > and the avatar chooser.

Set SCFG->External Programs->Online Programs->Main->Avatar Chooser->Execute On
Event to "No".

 > I renamed avatar_chooser.js and haven't tested that yet.  I ran
 > findstr /i /s /c:"where did you hear about this" *.* but didn't find
 > anything.

What does "/c:" accomplish? I suspect you're just not using findstr correctly.
The string is found in exec/newuser.js and logon.js:
/sbbs/exec/logon.js:    options.guest_referral = "\x01y\x01hWhere did you hear
about this BBS?\r\n: \x01w";
/sbbs/exec/newuser.js:  print("\1y\1hWhere did you hear about this BBS?");
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                                            digital man (rob)

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