Jon Bertrand wrote: > I'm being told by our install team that on Vista "Documents and Settings" is > "problematic".
AFAIK "documents and settings\all users\application data\..." is the XP-way. The Vista-way is to use "/Programdata/Progname..." well, afaik... John > > They are telling me all users\shared documents works more reliably. > > It sounds like the first user to write to documents and settings becomes the > only user that can write to it (or something like that). > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Arí Ricardo > Ody > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:37 AM > To: General mailing list > Subject: Re: [Lazarus] Is this a new microsoft approach? > > > It's useful take some care. Here in my work there > are people using vista that came with no files > locked and other people using vista that came > with locked files. I still can't understand the > criterion used by the Redmont guys... > > In anyway if someone here had to unlock some > files in vista I ask to inform, please, how was > the procedure adopted. I can't release the files > in a way that Lazarus can write its configuration files. > > Is there a way to redirect the Lazarus configuration files to a new directory? > > [ ] > > Ricardo > > At 11:11 14/8/2008, you wrote: >> I'm using Lazarus 0.9.24 on Vista 32 without problems. Admin user. >> >> Gustavo >> >> 2008/8/14 Arí Ricardo Ody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> I'm having troubles to install Lazarus under windows vista. Lazarus >>> isn't writing its configuration files. I discovered that even with de >>> ADM user I can't open the folder "documents and settings". >>> >>> If I'm not wrong Lazarus writes these files in the path "c:\documents >>> and settings\<user>\local >> settings\application data" (or something like this). >>> I discovered late that there is a new concept(at least for me) for >>> local files: The ownership. Then even with the ADM user with >>> administrator rights and the user account control disabled I can't >>> gain access to the files. I need to alter this ownership. I can't >>> install Lazarus 'till now, but, at least, I >> can open "documents and settings". >>> Did someone have troubles with this stuff and solve them? >>> >>> Another question: Hw can I tell to Lazarus write this configuration >>> files in a path choiced for me? >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Ricardo >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Lazarus mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Lazarus mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus > > > > _______________________________________________ > Lazarus mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus > > _______________________________________________ > Lazarus mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus > > > _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
