diff --git a/Form1.cs b/Form1.cs
index b658522..7ddc958 100644
--- a/Form1.cs
+++ b/Form1.cs
@@ -148,10 +148,17 @@ namespace SCJMapper_V2
     /// </summary>
     private void InitActionTree( )
     {
+      // default profile handling
+      // TODO ?? change the data path away from the app directory as this is not Win policy if installed in "Program Files"
+      String dataPath = "";
+      SCDefaultProfile SD = new SCDefaultProfile( );
+      SD.GetDefaultProfile( dataPath );
+      String defProf = SD.DefaultProfileName; // either "" or a valid full filename
+
       // build TreeView and the ActionMaps
       m_AT = new ActionTree( );
       m_AT.Ctrl = treeView1;  // the ActionTree owns the TreeView control
-      m_AT.LoadTree( );       // Init
+      m_AT.LoadTree( defProf );       // Init with default profile filepath
 
       // default JS to Joystick mapping - can be changed and reloaded from XML
       if ( tc1.TabCount > 0 ) { cbJs1.SelectedIndex = 0; m_AT.ActionMaps.js1 = cbJs1.Text; }
diff --git a/Joystick/ActionTree.cs b/Joystick/ActionTree.cs
index 02a1e57..f9747c3 100644
--- a/Joystick/ActionTree.cs
+++ b/Joystick/ActionTree.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace SCJMapper_V2
 
 
     // Load MappingVars.csv into the ActionList and create the Control TreeView
-    public void LoadTree( )
+    public void LoadTree( String defaultProfile )
     {
       TreeNode tn = null;
       TreeNode[] cnl = { };
@@ -33,14 +33,24 @@ namespace SCJMapper_V2
       DProfileReader dpReader = new DProfileReader( ); // we may read a profile
       TextReader txReader = null;
 
-      // 1st choice is a user given MappingVars.csv file in the appdir
+      // 1st choice is a user given MappingVars.csv file in the appdir - this is only compatibilty and testing
       if ( File.Exists( "MappingVars.csv" ) ) {
         txReader = new StreamReader( "MappingVars.csv" );
       }
-      // second choice a defaultProfile.xml in the app dir
+      // second choice a defaultProfile.xml in given path
+      else if ( File.Exists( defaultProfile ) ) {
+        using ( StreamReader sr = new StreamReader( defaultProfile ) ) {
+          String buff = sr.ReadToEnd( );
+          dpReader.fromXML( buff );
+        }
+        if ( dpReader.ValidContent ) {
+          txReader = new StringReader( dpReader.CSVMap );
+        }
+      }
+      // third choice a defaultProfile.xml in the app dir distributed with the application ??? to be deleted ???
       else {
-        if ( File.Exists( "defaultProfile.xml" ) ) {
-          using ( StreamReader sr = new StreamReader( "defaultProfile.xml" ) ) {
+        if ( File.Exists( SCPath.DefaultProfileName ) ) {
+          using ( StreamReader sr = new StreamReader( SCPath.DefaultProfileName ) ) {
             String buff = sr.ReadToEnd( );
             dpReader.fromXML( buff );
           }
@@ -78,7 +88,7 @@ namespace SCJMapper_V2
               }
             }//for
             tn = new TreeNode( acm.name, cnl ); tn.Name = acm.name;  // name it to find it..
-            tn.ImageIndex = 0; tn.NodeFont = new Font( Ctrl.Font, FontStyle.Bold ); 
+            tn.ImageIndex = 0; tn.NodeFont = new Font( Ctrl.Font, FontStyle.Bold );
             Ctrl.BackColor = Ctrl.BackColor; // fix for defect TreeView (cut off bold text)
             Ctrl.Nodes.Add( tn ); // add to control
             if ( topNode == null ) topNode = tn; // once to keep the start of list
@@ -203,7 +213,7 @@ namespace SCJMapper_V2
       if ( !String.IsNullOrEmpty( ActionMaps.js6 ) ) repList += String.Format( "** js6 = {0}\n", ActionMaps.js6 );
       if ( !String.IsNullOrEmpty( ActionMaps.js7 ) ) repList += String.Format( "** js7 = {0}\n", ActionMaps.js7 );
       if ( !String.IsNullOrEmpty( ActionMaps.js8 ) ) repList += String.Format( "** js8 = {0}\n", ActionMaps.js8 );
-      repList += String.Format( "\n");
+      repList += String.Format( "\n" );
       foreach ( ActionMapCls acm in ActionMaps ) {
         String rep = String.Format( "*** {0}\n", acm.name );
         repList += rep;
diff --git a/Packages.dgml b/Packages.dgml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f76e2a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Packages.dgml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<DirectedGraph GraphDirection="LeftToRight" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/vs/2009/dgml">
+  <Nodes>
+    <Node Id="SCJMapper-V2" Label="SCJMapper-V2" Category="Project" />
+    <Node Id="SharpDX 2.6.2" Label="SharpDX 2.6.2" Category="Package" />
+    <Node Id="SharpDX.DirectInput 2.6.2" Label="SharpDX.DirectInput 2.6.2" Category="Package" />
+  </Nodes>
+  <Links>
+    <Link Source="SharpDX.DirectInput 2.6.2" Target="SharpDX 2.6.2" Category="Package Dependency" />
+    <Link Source="SCJMapper-V2" Target="SharpDX.DirectInput 2.6.2" Category="Installed Package" />
+  </Links>
+  <Categories>
+    <Category Id="Project" />
+    <Category Id="Package" />
+  </Categories>
+  <Styles>
+    <Style TargetType="Node" GroupLabel="Project" ValueLabel="True">
+      <Condition Expression="HasCategory('Project')" />
+      <Setter Property="Background" Value="Blue" />
+    </Style>
+    <Style TargetType="Link" GroupLabel="Package Dependency" ValueLabel="True">
+      <Condition Expression="HasCategory('Package Dependency')" />
+      <Setter Property="Background" Value="Yellow" />
+    </Style>
+  </Styles>
+</DirectedGraph>
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diff --git a/SC/SCDefaultProfile.cs b/SC/SCDefaultProfile.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c34d7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SC/SCDefaultProfile.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using Ionic.Zip;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace SCJMapper_V2
+{
+
+  /// <summary>
+  /// Finds and returns the DefaultProfile from SC GameData.pak
+  /// it is located in GameData.pak \Libs\Config
+  /// </summary>
+  class SCDefaultProfile
+  {
+    private Boolean m_valid = false;
+    public Boolean IsValid { get { return m_valid; } }
+
+    private String m_fileName = "";
+    public String DefaultProfileName { get { return m_fileName; } }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Extracts the file to destPath
+    /// the subpath will be retained
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="destPath">Destination path to extract to</param>
+    private void ExtractDefaultProfile( String destPath )
+    {
+      String scp = SCPath.SCClientDataPath;
+      if ( String.IsNullOrEmpty( scp ) ) return; // sorry did not work
+
+      using ( ZipFile zip = ZipFile.Read( SCPath.SCGameData_pak ) ) {
+        zip.CaseSensitiveRetrieval = false;
+
+        ICollection<ZipEntry> gdpak = zip.SelectEntries( "name = " + SCPath.DefaultProfileName, SCPath.DefaultProfilePath_rel );
+        if ( gdpak != null ) {
+          gdpak.FirstOrDefault( ).Extract( destPath, ExtractExistingFileAction.OverwriteSilently );
+          m_fileName = Path.Combine( destPath, SCPath.DefaultProfilePath_rel );
+          m_fileName = Path.Combine( m_fileName, SCPath.DefaultProfileName );
+          m_valid = true;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Deletes the extracted version of the defaultProfile
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="destPath">Destination path to delete from</param>
+    public void ClearDefaultProfile( String destPath )
+    {
+      try {
+        String p = Path.Combine( destPath, SCPath.DefaultProfilePath_rel );
+        File.Delete( Path.Combine( p, SCPath.DefaultProfileName ) );
+        m_fileName = "";
+        m_valid = false;
+      }
+      catch { }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Retrieves the newest defaultProfile from GameData.pak
+    /// It deletes the last retrieved one first
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="destPath">Destination path to extract to</param>
+    /// <returns>True if successfull; if false there is no old file left in the path</returns>
+    public Boolean GetDefaultProfile( String destPath )
+    {
+      ClearDefaultProfile( destPath );
+      ExtractDefaultProfile( destPath );
+      return m_valid;
+    }
+
+  }
+}
diff --git a/SC/SCPath.cs b/SC/SCPath.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf33985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SC/SCPath.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.IO;
+using Microsoft.Win32;
+
+namespace SCJMapper_V2
+{
+  /// <summary>
+  /// Find the SC pathes and folders
+  /// </summary>
+  class SCPath
+  {
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Try to locate the launcher under "App Paths"
+    /// </summary>
+    static private String SCLauncherPath1
+    {
+      get
+      {
+        String scpath = ( String )Registry.GetValue( @"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\StarCitizen Launcher.exe", "", null );
+        if ( scpath != null ) {
+          return scpath;
+        }
+        return "";
+      }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Try to locate the launcher under "Uninstall"
+    /// </summary>
+    static private String SCLauncherPath2
+    {
+      get
+      {
+        String scpath = ( String )Registry.GetValue( @"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\StarCitizen", "DisplayIcon", null );
+        if ( scpath != null ) {
+          return scpath;
+        }
+        return "";
+      }
+    }
+
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns the base SC install path from something like "E:\G\StarCitizen\Launcher\StarCitizenLauncher.exe"
+    /// </summary>
+    static private String SCBasePath
+    {
+      get
+      {
+        String scp = SCLauncherPath1;
+        if ( String.IsNullOrEmpty( scp ) ) {
+          scp = SCLauncherPath2;
+          if ( String.IsNullOrEmpty( scp ) ) {
+            return "";  // sorry did not found a thing..
+          }
+        }
+        // found the launcher
+        scp = Path.GetDirectoryName( scp );  // "E:\G\StarCitizen\Launcher"
+        scp = Path.GetDirectoryName( scp );  // "E:\G\StarCitizen"
+        return scp;
+      }
+    }
+
+
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns the SC installation path
+    /// </summary>
+    static public String SCInstallPath
+    {
+      get
+      {
+        return SCBasePath;
+      }
+    }
+
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns the SC ClientData path  e.g.  "E:\G\StarCitizen\CitizenClient\Data"
+    /// </summary>
+    static public String SCClientDataPath
+    {
+      get
+      {
+        String scp = SCBasePath;
+        if ( String.IsNullOrEmpty( scp ) ) return "";
+        //
+        scp = Path.Combine( scp, "CitizenClient" );
+        scp = Path.Combine( scp, "Data" );
+        return scp;
+      }
+    }
+
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns the SC ClientData path  e.g.  "E:\G\StarCitizen\CitizenClient\USER"
+    /// </summary>
+    static public String SCClientUSERPath
+    {
+      get
+      {
+        String scp = SCBasePath;
+        if ( String.IsNullOrEmpty( scp ) ) return "";
+        //
+        scp = Path.Combine( scp, "CitizenClient" );
+        scp = Path.Combine( scp, "USER" );
+        return scp;
+      }
+    }
+
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns the SC GameData.pak file path  e.g.  "E:\G\StarCitizen\CitizenClient\Data\GameData.pak"
+    /// </summary>
+    static public String SCGameData_pak
+    {
+      get
+      {
+        String scp = SCClientDataPath;
+        if ( String.IsNullOrEmpty( scp ) ) return "";
+        //
+        scp = Path.Combine( scp, "GameData.pak" );
+        return scp;
+      }
+    }
+
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns the relative path of DefaultProfile.xml
+    /// </summary>
+    static public String DefaultProfilePath_rel
+    {
+      get
+      {
+        return @"Libs\Config";
+      }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns the name of the DefaultProfile.xml
+    /// </summary>
+    static public String DefaultProfileName
+    {
+      get
+      {
+        return @"defaultProfile.xml";
+      }
+    }
+
+
+  }
+}
diff --git a/SCJMapper-V2.csproj b/SCJMapper-V2.csproj
index 0b0f1c3..b087cf7 100644
--- a/SCJMapper-V2.csproj
+++ b/SCJMapper-V2.csproj
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
     <StartupObject>SCJMapper_V2.Program</StartupObject>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="Ionic.Zip.Reduced">
+      <HintPath>packages\DotNetZip.Reduced.1.9.1.8\lib\net20\Ionic.Zip.Reduced.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="SharpDX">
       <HintPath>$(SharpDXPackageBinDir)\SharpDX.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
@@ -81,6 +84,8 @@
     </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Program.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="SC\SCDefaultProfile.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="SC\SCPath.cs" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Form1.resx">
       <DependentUpon>Form1.cs</DependentUpon>
     </EmbeddedResource>
diff --git a/packages.config b/packages.config
index 191e35d..e5778dd 100644
--- a/packages.config
+++ b/packages.config
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
+  <package id="DotNetZip.Reduced" version="1.9.1.8" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="SharpDX" version="2.6.2" targetFramework="net20" />
   <package id="SharpDX.DirectInput" version="2.6.2" targetFramework="net40" />
 </packages>
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