URL:
<http://gna.org/bugs/?20738>
Summary: Windows Vista/7/8 file locations
Project: Freeciv
Submitted by: None
Submitted on: Sat Apr 13 23:35:54 2013
Category: None
Severity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - Normal
Status: None
Assigned to: None
Originator Email:
Open/Closed: Open
Release:
Discussion Lock: Any
Operating System: Microsoft Windows
Planned Release:
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Details:
Windows NT 6+ (Vista or later) enforces a "new" rule, where applications are
not allowed to write application data to their own installation directory. For
backwards compatibility write accesses are silently redirected to, e.g.,
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files
(x86)\Freeciv-2.3.4-gtk2\etc., where it is hard to find, because AppData is a
hidden directory. Affected files include freeciv-gtk2.RPT,
freeciv-server.RPT, stderr.txt, and stdout.txt (= stdio redirection for an
implicitly started server.)
I'd be quite willing to overrule this "new" (for me) feature for good "old"
apps incl. various MS programs, but Freeciv uses a directory name with its own
version (2.3.4 or whatever), so allowing write access for all authenticated
users won't help for the next Freeciv version.
Please create these files in the normal per user directory, i.e., use the
existing %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Roaming\.freeciv directory.
While at it please move the configuration file .freeciv-client-rc-2.3 from
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Roaming to the existong
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Roaming\.freeciv or to the also existing
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Roaming\.freeciv\2.3 directory.
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File Attachments:
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Date: Sat Apr 13 23:35:54 2013 Name: freeciv-gtk2.RPT Size: 15kB By: None
freeciv-gtk2.RPT (contains four 2.3.4 errors)
<http://gna.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=17746>
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