[DUG]Folders and XP and Vista

[John Bird]

Where do users put programs and settings and data?
 
I am wondering what others practices are, thinking forward to be compatible
with Vista.  I have heard others write their .ini settings into the same
folder as the application pathname - will this run into problems in Vista?
 
I put different types of files in different folders (eg Programs, Settings,
Data, Temp) - but they are under the same parent folder.  I am considering
improving where I put these folders..........  I understand Vista introduces
some limits on writing by applications to the "Program Files" folder.  So
far I put my settings files and programs elsewhere, but I wondering if Vista
also will force programs to be in the Program Files folder.   
 
(Related - I came across a related example of this in XP system restore,
where a .EXE program I had compiled which was not in the "Program Files" was
rolled back to an earlier version when I did a system restore).
 
(Also Related - I remember coming across a Delphi freeware unit that listed
all the Windows folders settings, but I have lost track of it.....anyone
have a recommendation?).
 
 
 
http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1371

June 13, 2006 - 12:52 pm


Windows Vista Tip #4:  <http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1371> Move your data
folders to a separate drive


Windows Vista makes a few fundamental changes in the default folders used to
store personal data. For starters, the Documents and Settings folder is
gone, replaced by the Users folder, which is located in the root of the
system drive (usually C:). Each user account has its own profile folder
here, which contains 11 folders, each devoted to a different type of data.

[my comment - finally!!! Windows has adopted the folder structure that Unix
has used with success and without fundamental changes since 1970]
 

John 

 

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