Il 19/10/2016 18:17, Steffan Karger ha scritto: > On 19 October 2016 at 17:14, Samuli Seppänen <sam...@openvpn.net> wrote: >> SviMik had a very good point against using %APPDATA%: it is a hidden >> folder. At least on Windows 7 it seems to be hidden at the filesystem >> level, because no tools seem to see it. However, doing a >> >> cd $HOME\Appdata >> >> in Powershell will work, so the directory _is_ there even though it is >> invisble. >> >> I don't think we should put the configuration files into folder people >> will not find without extra tinkering. > > Maybe add an 'open config folder' button/link to openvpn-gui? > > -Steffan >
Sounds reasonable. The "%USERPROFILE%\Appdata" folder seems to be for "files generated by applications" as SviMik said: <https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc962614.aspx> <https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749104%28v=ws.10%29.aspx> Those links refer to Windows XP's equivalent for $HOME\Appdata, but the purpose of the directory has not changed afaik. Things are complicated a bit more by the fact that the %APPDATA% environment variable points to %USERPROFILE%\Appdata\Roaming, not %USERPROFILE%\Appdata as one might think. In the first link above, MS says this: "CSIDL_PROFILE: The user's profile folder. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\username. Applications should not create files or folders at this level; they should put their data under the locations referred to by CSIDL_APPDATA or CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA." I think the idea Microsoft thought that users should not (have to) touch the Appdata folder, and thus decided to hide it. I vote for using a directory that is visible by default, at least until the GUI can reliably import any config thrown at it. -- Samuli Seppänen Community Manager OpenVPN Technologies, Inc irc freenode net: mattock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Openvpn-devel mailing list Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel
