Actually.... It's a can of worms. AFAIKT if a user has UAC turned
on the virtual storage will activate. If the user turns UAC off
they can no longer get the reference to the file. If they then turn
UAC back on they get an entirely different virtual storage file.
Micro$oft provide the virtual storage purely for legacy software so
it doesn't "break". However it is a band aid and there are no
guarantees it will be there in future Windows versions. Better to
use the designated folders such as provided by the SpecialFolderPath
function. Even writing to the root directory (C:\MyProgramsName) is
no longer recommended as it is suggested it is the next place
Microsoft will "lock down". This is the price we Windows users
pay for using a system that was never designed to be secure.
Scott Kane
Scott,
Actually I didn't want to write to it, but to delete any VirtualStore
files that MS created if a user decides to uninstall my software
using my custom built (Rev menu item) uninstaller. Right now, the
Uninstaller looks for files the game may have created outside the
game folder, and if they exist, deletes them.
With Windows becoming more and more nitpicky about what files you can
update, my next release won't create or update any files or stacks in
the program's folder any more. All files, including stacks that get
updated, will be installed in a hopefully writeable location. During
initial launch, it will check several SpecialFolderPath() options to
see if they exist, and the first hit it finds, that's where the files
will go. But it means more files to Uninstall.....
Mac is so clean. I have so few troubles on Macs. Microsnot is a bugger :-)
Shari
--
Gypsy King games for
MAC and WlND0WS
http://www.gypsyware.com
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