Chris Cannam wrote: > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Jeff McClintock<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Windows has official rules for this. Users are no longer allowed to add >> random files to an application's directory in "/Program Files/Appname". >> > > Oh! This is news to me -- interesting news too, given that I > distribute Windows versions of SV without an installer and just expect > the user to copy it to %ProgramFiles% if they want it to go there, and > that it only looks in immediate subdirectories of %ProgramFiles% for > plugins of any sort. > > I don't recall anyone complaining to me that they couldn't install > plugins for it -- maybe this just means nobody is using it?! > > Can you point to any documentation for this? I'd like to know what > other rules I might be falling afoul of. > > >> User installed plugins go in CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON , e.g. typically >> "C:\Program Files\Common Files\LADSPA Plugins..." >> > > I don't suppose you happen to know whether any Windows-based LADSPA > hosts are actually using this path? > > > Chris I'm going to delete my Windows installation, but if I can help by keeping it and you ask me explicit to test some behaviour I will do it.
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