# Accessing Remote System Explorer preferences

The Remote System Explorer has settings that you can customize in a preference page. The name of the category is Remote Systems and it appears in the tree view of the Preferences window.

Option | Description | Default
Default user ID for each system type | Specifies a default user ID for a non-local system type. If you do not set the default user ID at the connection level, then the User ID that you specify here will be used. Note: Changing the user ID on the Preferences dialog affects all connections and subsystems that inherit it. | Your local user ID
Show connection names prefixed by profile name | Select this to display connection names in the Remote System Explorer tree view as profile.connection. | Off
Show filter pools in Remote Systems view | Select this to show filter pools when expanding a subsystem. When this is not selected, expanding a subsystem will display the filters. | Off
Show "New Connection" prompt in Remote Systems view | The New Connection option is displayed in the Remote Systems view so that you can create a new connection. | Off
Re-open Remote Systems view to previous state | Select this to automatically open previously expanded connections on start-up. | On
Use cached information to restore the Remote Systems view | Select this option to use locally cached information instead of connecting immediately if you are automatically opening the previously expanded connections when starting RSE. | On