>I think the Microsoft standard (yes those are generally contradictory >terms) is to put data in c:\documents and settings\all users\application >data\<application name>. So you may want to do some searching down that >tree. To make matters worse, I think the "Application Data" branch may be >set up to be 'hidden' or 'system' by default. So normal searching may not >reveal the right location.
Thanks for that. She hasn't called back yet, but I've known her to take a day to mull over a problem before calling me again. This system still has to run on Win 98, which has no such folder hierarchy, which is a major reason why I didn't write the thing to go looking for it. (Yeah, I know, it has \Program Files\Common Files\.... and \Windows\Application Data... never took those seriously either. I don't work for Microsoft and I don't take orders from them on where to put files.) >You, and everyone, on this list needs to make a huge stink about this to >every person we know. Putting data in a "common" place give hackers a head >start on getting into your system. Of course, it gives MS a head start on >getting into your system as well (hmmm.... I wonder if there really is much >of a difference between hackers and MS... they both seem to want to get >into your personal computing assets to do things for their own benefit.....) My bottom line is simply this--however much software vendors may claim (with or without real enforceable legal validity) that I'm only "licensing" their software, I bloody well OWN the hardware, including all of the hard drive real estate, and the OS has absolutely no business restricting my access to any part of it. >I swear, MS really REALLY needs to simply go away. Everyone's life would be >sooooo much better. Maybe they'll get really obsessed with online subscription "software on demand" and drop out of the OS market. Yeah....right... Ken www.stic-cil.org _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
