How can I manage RV preference file by RV version?

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Hi team,
I know that RV stores configuration information in the preference file located in the user’s home directory.
We are currently using RV2023.0.2 internally and are in the process of updating to RV2024.2.0.

We would like to use a separate RV.ini file for the RV2024 version, rather than the RV.ini file used in the RV2023 version.
I know that the RV_PREFS_OVERRIDE_PATH environment variable can be used to provide default values for RV preferences, but since the values set by the user already exist on the user’s machine, those values are used instead.
In conclusion, what I want is for each user to have a separate RV.ini file depending on the RV version.
RV2023 → %APPDATA%/TweakSoftware/RV2023.ini
RV2024 → %APPDATA%/TweakSoftware/RV2024.ini

Is there a way to achieve this?
I also tested using the RV_PREFS_CLOBBER_PATH environment variable, but it did not work in my case.

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You can start rv with the -prefsPath argument.

from the -help:
-prefsPath %S Alternate path to preferences directory

Then you can start each RV version with a different path:
(not sure if you need seperate directories or if you can specify the files)

rv23 -prefsPath %APPDATA%/TweakSoftware/RV2023.ini
rv24 -prefsPath %APPDATA%/TweakSoftware/RV2024.ini

Cheers, Mirco