On 3/14/06 8:24 PM, "Bellwether" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 3/14/06 8:12 PM, AL Grant wrote:
>
>> Actually Norman along with the proposed move I would like to see MS make it
>> a hidden folder and then the average Joe Blow user will not know where it
>> is. Just create ~/Library/Application Support/.Microsoft User Data
>
> I disagree with hiding it... if it's hidden, you can't delete the extra/old
> database when you rebuild the thing. That would fill up folks' hard disk
> pretty quickly, with GB and GB of hidden database files...
>
> (Yes, GB. Mine was 6.2GB until I compacted it recently, now it's just 4.8GB,
> but yes, GB. If I couldn't throw away the old DB, or find them to archive
> them to DVD, my hard disk would be completely full for as often as I compact
> the thing...)
You have a point, however the average user who gets a DB this large most
likely is not going to clean it anyway. On the other hand a user like you
will know where and how to backup and clean and even archive that hidden DB.
I have read the comments about no reason to hide this type of file and most
of them have validity however we have a hard time remembering that the
average user does not take the precautions that most of the people on this
list do. As was stated above we need to protect the average user from
themselves. I would say that we need to make this file require admin
privileges to move it but I'll bet that 2/3 of the users that move this file
and break E'rage are running as admin on there every day account.
Peace to you as well Linda
AL Grant
>
> peace,
> Linda
>
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