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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I put server ini files in the application
folder. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>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<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>John Bird<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, 19 June 2006 4:10
p.m.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'NZ Borland Developers Group -
<st1:place w:st="on">Delphi</st1:place> List'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [DUG]Folders and XP and <st1:place
w:st="on">Vista</st1:place></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Where do users put programs and settings
and data?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I am wondering what others practices are,
thinking forward to be compatible with <st1:place w:st="on">Vista</st1:place>.
I have heard others write their .ini settings into the same folder as the
application pathname - will this run into problems in <st1:place w:st="on">Vista</st1:place>?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>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 <st1:place w:st="on">Vista</st1:place> 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 <st1:place w:st="on">Vista</st1:place> also will force
programs to be in the Program Files folder. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>(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).</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>(Also Related - I remember coming across a
<st1:place w:st="on">Delphi</st1:place> freeware unit that listed all the
Windows folders settings, but I have lost track of it.....anyone have a
recommendation?).</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><a
href="http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1371">http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1371</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><b><font size=5 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:blue'>June 13, 2006 - 12:52 pm<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
<h2 id=post-1371><b><font size=5 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><a
href="http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1371"
title="Permanent Link: Windows Vista Tip #4: Move your data folders to a separate drive">Windows
Vista Tip #4: Move your data folders to a separate drive</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h2>
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<p><font size=3 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:blue'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>[my comment - finally!!! Windows has
adopted the folder structure that Unix has used with success and without
fundamental changes since 1970]</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>John</span></font><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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