[DUG] OT - Win8 check favour

[John Bird]

I find the whole not writing of data files under Program files kind of 
laudable, but a heavy handed way to solve the problem.  The effect is I 
install my programs elsewhere so as to avoid issues of where I can write 
some data - which is one simple ini file which basically says where 
everything else is.  Was already too much work getting that one file 
reliably under program files.

Its not helped that the main offender against this noble idea of separation 
of programs and data folders is Microsoft itself - as they put their MS SQL 
databases under program files.

John Bird

-----Original Message----- 
From: Peter Hyde
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 5:25 PM
To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'
Subject: Re: [DUG] OT - Win8 check favour

> You may be doing the same as me.  Setting write folder permissions
> during installation so my app can store data in a folder under Program
> Files.

Correct.

> I know it's not ideal, but tricky to avoid when multiple installations
> to different Program Files folders are possible.

Yes, among other reasons.


cheers,
peter


_______________________________________________
NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list
Post: delphi at listserver.123.net.nz
Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-request at listserver.123.net.nz with 
Subject: unsubscribe