I found some very interesting notes about directory treatment in Windows Vista. I put them in ".odt" sun microsystem open office file. If someone of you wants a copy, please write me out of the list. But I don't even understand how to install Lazarus in Vista.
[ ] Ricardo At 15:31 14/8/2008, you wrote: >Gustavo Enrique Jimenez wrote: > >> Is it? > >> > > > > I can't tell. When I have installed Lazarus on Vista, I was asked for > > "Allow, reject" by the UAC. > > My app writes some configuration files in the same directory > > (c:\program files....etc.). No permissions problems for my app, or for > > Lazarus. I have installed my app manually. > > > > Perhaps my permission settings are wrong ;-) . > > >No, not wrong... but the files are probably written in >/users/name/appdata/Local/VirtualStore/Program Files/... > >Vista shows these files *as if* they are written in c:\program files\... >but they are not. Problem occurs when logged in as another user. You >*think* you modified files in c:\program files\... but Vista saves your >modified files somewhere in the virualStore. So if you log in as the >first users, changes seems to be lost. Same thing happens if you log in >via Terminal Server. It's some sort of compromis to keep legacy >applications (that do not follow vista-rules) running... > >Same thing when storing data in the Registry. It also has a virtual >store where data is written that is (by Vista rules) not allowed to be >written in some parts of the registry (like e.g. HKLM). > >Single user says: No problem, all runs fine! > >John > > > > > Gustavo > > > > ps: excuse my english > > > >_______________________________________________ >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
