Hello Ken, your Sunday service for roaming is quite enlightening! I've checked a couple of machine, and they all have "AppData" as well as "Application Data". The important thing for me is, that I was looking for a Folder in the users path, which is visible for the user with standard settings (the "AppData" is invisible in standard). On the other hand the "Users/documents" folder, which is visible is to "far high up in the folder hierachy" and too present for the user. Thats why I would have loved to use the "Application Data", which is standard visible in the user folder. Hmmm
Thanks Tiemo > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:use-revolution- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Ken Ray > Gesendet: Sonntag, 9. September 2007 17:41 > An: How to use Revolution > Betreff: Re: still standard folder under Vista > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
