Jay Garcia wrote: >On 02/27/2002 11:23 PM, toylet [mozilla] wrote: > >>In fact, I don't understand why >>most develoeprs don't default the data dir to there... >>And why M$ store user profiles and certain data >>under c:\windows? it's hilarious... >> >From what I understand there is some sorta contractual agreement >involved to place the profile data in /application data/ > No. Windows has a notion of an "application data" directory, where the app should store its data (at least that part that the user doesn't explicitly "open"/"save"). It is just good behaviour of the app to follow that.
It is just that MS made a very bad choice about where to place that directory *by default*, and changes its location in every new OS release so far. I say "default", because users can change where the profile lives (and even specifically the app data dir, IIRC). This is a FAQ.
