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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

 


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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?).

 

 

 

June 13, 2006 - 12:52 pm

Windows Vista Tip #4: 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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