Posted by Mike Saunders on May 08, 2008 at 11:46:00:
In Reply to: COSW.INI location posted by Grant Foraker on May 07, 2008 at 14:53:47:
Still working on getting a handle on file locations under Vista myself.
Might want to check the linked blog.
Test Case 15: Verify application installs to the correct folders by default (Req:2.3)
Default install directories are:
Native x86 and x64 applications
Program Files - %ProgramFiles%
User’s AppData - %APPDATA%
ProgramData – %ALLUSERSPROFILE%
Win32 applications on x64
Program Files - %ProgramFiles(x86)%
AppData - %APPDATA%
ProgramData – %ALLUSERSPROFILE%
Users run under standard user elevation that means that a standard user can't write to the program files directory.
Program files is fine for executables or config files that get written at INSTALL time but not for user updatable data.
Application data should go into the %ALLUSERSPROFILE% area under the name of your application
If you have per user application data it should go into %APPDATA% or LocalApplicationData
AllUsersProfile: C:\ProgramData (Note: ACL's will probably have to be changed during program install. This is normally a hidded folder.)
AppData: C:\Users\a-brba\AppData\Roaming (Note: may want Local instead of Roaming)
So it sounds like per user COSW.INI's should be in
c:\users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\[App Name]\ or
c:\users\[user name]\AppData\Local\[App Name]\
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