Christof Wollenhaupt wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
>> Oh how annoying. First it was \WINNT\Profiles\<user>, then it became
> \Documents and Settings\<user>, and now it is \Users\<user>.
>
> Or just use "%homedrive%%homepath%" which points to whatever the user's home
> directory is. Much better than hard coding, since "Documents and Settings"
> is also localized on Windows 2000/XP.
Oh, yeah, I know. InnoSetup uses {pf} which maps to the Program Files
directory, and {userdata} with maps to the user's Documents and Settings
directory.
I'm not hardcoding anything, but I'm still annoyed. :)
> On Vista they changed that (would you believe! <g>). Hence, the folder is
> now "C:\Users", but Explorer displays and accepts the localized version
> ("C:\Benutzer" on a german system). For some folders like "My pictures" they
> created hard links that point to the new locations, when the new location is
> in a different folder.
That should cut down on confusion.
Paul
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