On Sun, 9 Sep 2007 15:40:20 +0200, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: > 1. what is the difference between a "local" and a "roaming" folder and > which one should I use for a standard ini file?
Well, the short answer (which I'm 90% sure is correct) is that the 'roaming' folder is a user profile that can be redirected to another location by a system administrator through the Group Policy Object Editor application with the Folder Redirection snap-in. Basically, what this means is that in a corporate environment, a user's AppData may actually be on another machine (say a server) instead of on the client machine. So by writing to Roaming, the data will be written for the user to wherever the Roaming folder has been redirected, whereas if you write to Local, it will be written on the client machine. There's a wonderful and (oddly for Microsoft) informative white paper called "Managing Roaming User Data Deployment Guide" that goes into this and more (just do a google search for the full title of the white paper - should be the first link). As to where *you* should write your INI file, that's up to you. If you want it to go with the user's profile, wherever it is redirected and not tie it to a specific machine, use Roaming. If you don't care, or specifically want to tie it to a machine, use Local. > 2. On german Vista installation there is a "C:/Users/Tiemo/AppData" > folder (which is a hidden system folder) AND a "C:Users/Tiemo/Application > Data" folder, which is always visible. What is the difference? > > 3. If I use e.g. the special folder "26" (CSIDL_APPDATA) my datas are > put to the hidden "C:/Users/Tiemo/AppData" folder. Which special folder is > the path to the visible "Application Data"? In Ken's table there is no > differentiation between these two and I think it could even be a > german-vista specific topic? This sounds to me like some third-party app is creating the Application Data folder because it is isn't calling on the system to find out the path (i.e. they hardcoded a path and just created the folders inbetween). As such, there's no special folder path to it. Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
