Il 19/10/2016 19:27, Selva Nair ha scritto: > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Samuli Seppänen <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > The "%USERPROFILE%\Appdata" folder seems to be for "files generated > by applications" as SviMik said: > > <https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc962614.aspx > <https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc962614.aspx>> > <https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749104%28v=ws.10%29.aspx > <https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749104%28v=ws.10%29.aspx>> > > Those links refer to Windows XP's equivalent for $HOME\Appdata, but > the purpose of the directory has not changed afaik. > > Things are complicated a bit more by the fact that the %APPDATA% > environment variable points to %USERPROFILE%\Appdata\Roaming, not > %USERPROFILE%\Appdata as one might think. > > > In the first link above, MS says this: > > "CSIDL_PROFILE: The user's profile folder. A typical path is > C:\Documents and Settings\username. Applications should not create > files or folders at this level; they should put their data under the > locations referred to by CSIDL_APPDATA or CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA." > > > CSIDL_APPDATA goes into the roaming profile and is preferred if the > config is user specific and not at all machine-specific. If/when we go > this route, I think CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA would be more appropriate for > vpn configs.. Also we keep log files in there which could grow large and > adversely affect roaming performance. > > > > I think the idea Microsoft thought that users should not (have to) > touch the Appdata folder, and thus decided to hide it. > > > I vote for using a directory that is visible by default, at least > until the GUI can reliably import any config thrown at it. > > > Yes, we could revisit this and add code for migrating existing files if > a change in location is required. > > Selva
+1. Lets just use what we have now: all the alternatives have their own downsides. -- Samuli Seppänen Community Manager OpenVPN Technologies, Inc irc freenode net: mattock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Openvpn-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel
