The following is an extract from a new entry into his blog by Doug Hennig that appears particularly of interest (in case some of you don't find time for Dougs Blog)...
"Storing an application's data files in the correct place has gotten trickier under Windows Vista. Most developers simply write to INI files stored in the application folder (usually C:\Program Files\Some Folder) and store the data files in a Data subdirectory of that folder. While Microsoft strongly discouraged this practice in the past, now it's enforced; even if you're logged in as an administrator, writes to certain protected resources, such as C:\Program Files or the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive in the Registry, fail. This would break most "legacy" apps (anything written before Vista)....." http://doughennig.blogspot.com/2007/01/finding-paths-for-special-folders.html -- Michael Hawksworth Visual Fox Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.foxpro.co.uk _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
