Ben Coman <b...@openinworld.com> writes: > Regarding Windows... Last that I looked, the PharoLauncher image is > installed into the "Program Files" System Folder. This causes a problem > since when a PharoLauncher Image is saved by a Standard User, they cannot > write to the System Folder so Windows *fakes* it and actually writes to a > User Fodler, but makes it look like the file is in the System Folder. That > is, the Standard User is looking at a Fake System Folder!!
that's very strange. Can someone please evaluate this expression on your Windows box and give us the result? PlatformResolver forCurrentPlatform cache > This confused me for quite a while - even as an IT Administrator of 15 > years. Its likely to cause chaos and pain for others down the track. So I > recommend that the installer be changed so that the PharoLauncher Image is > installed into a User Folder - at least by default, and maybe as the only > option. I disagree. The launcher should be installed with other applications. But the data is per-user. On Ubuntu, the launcher is happily installed under /usr/share/pharo-launcher and images are download to ~/.cache/Pharo/images. > I had meant to fix this in PharoLauncher myself, and also would offer to > test it - but unfortunately I currently don't have access to a Windows > machine. I hope someone else will try -- Damien Cassou http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without losing enthusiasm." --Winston Churchill