App Data can be non-elevated writable. Program Files requires elevation to be placed there. If you go to Program Files you don't have to worry about your application being tampered with but an App Data install can happen without elevation.
The certificate comment doesn't make sense to me. On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Katherine Moss <katherine.m...@gordon.edu>wrote: > Hello all, > I'm just wondering this since I have a program that installs to app data > by default rather than program files, and it's developer says that the > change of default directory has to do with special permissions needed. I > mean, what is the point of the app data folder anyway? I'd never understood > it; why not just leave everything in one directory or the other? The > developer of this application says that the directory being app data also > has something to do with a certificate or something. Could you folks shed > any light on this? Thanks. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: > INSIGHTS What's next for parallel hardware, programming and related areas? > Interviews and blogs by thought leaders keep you ahead of the curve. > http://goparallel.sourceforge.net > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- virtually, Rob Mensching http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: INSIGHTS What's next for parallel hardware, programming and related areas? Interviews and blogs by thought leaders keep you ahead of the curve. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
