[DUG]Folders and XP and Vista

[Robert martin]

We use ' Documents and Settings'.  This works best for Terminal services 
/ multiple logins.  I assume that MS will change their APIs to return 
the new folders ?

Rob Martin
Software Engineer

phone +64 03 377 0495
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Wild Software Ltd



John Bird wrote:
> 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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