[DUG]Folders and XP and Vista

[Kyley Harris]

I put server ini files in the application folder. 

For client program ini files I lookup the UserPath from api, and make a
subfolder. I think that is common practice so that multiple logins from
one machines (or teminal server) wont conflict

 

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From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz]
On Behalf Of John Bird
Sent: Monday, 19 June 2006 4:10 p.m.
To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'
Subject: [DUG]Folders and XP and Vista

 

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


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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