Some programs I have used will set up a 'new install' mode where the program will find no config file exists, and so will ask the user what options she would li

Some programs I have used will set up a 'new install' mode where the program will find no config file exists, and so will ask the user what options she would like to use, and creates a new personalised config file accordingly. If I remember correctly, a few decades ago the mail program 'elm' did this.