Il 06/05/20 18:40, David A. Wheeler ha scritto:
> So "\Documents and Settings" was sort-of like /home.
> This was HIDEOUS for programs and users, because
> "Documents and Settings" is absurdly long AND has spaces in it,
> which is pain for Windows shell similar to the pain of Unix shell.

Not to mention the fact that "Documents and Settings" was localized in
non-English installations of Windows (just like "Program Files"); and of
course there was plenty of software unaware of that, so that you had
programs trying to access your files in the wrong position, or
installing programs in the wrong position.

Giovanni.
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Giovanni Mascellani <[email protected]>
Postdoc researcher - Université Libre de Bruxelles

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