Charlie Coleman wrote: > At 01:41 PM 2/26/2009 -0800, Paul McNett wrote: >> Vince Teachout wrote: >>> Paul McNett wrote: >>>> Why is it a problem to put them in the root folder? >>> It's not, really. I just thought it might be a little neater (anal) to >>> label everything in more detail. Plus some mild concerns about a user >>> deleting something (not that they should be in there anyway) >> The user shouldn't have rights to c:\Program Files\My App > > Which is why you never install anything in the ...\program files\.... > branch anymore.
I think that, at least for some cases, keeping users from being able to write to the application directory is probably a good idea. A virus could attach itself to the exe there with the user's permissions, for example. > I've seen quite a few IT groups start standardizing on creating a > completely separate folder branch for installing applications (e.g. > ..\company_apps\... or ...\direct_apps\...). It seems more and more folks > are beginning to ignore MS edicts. This is a GOOD thing. I agree that this is a good idea, though (but I'd still keep the users from being able to write to that directory). For user-installed programs (which are perfectly appropriate) I let them install to My Documents. Paul _______________________________________________ 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.
