Jeffrey Altman wrote:
Due to the increased security provided by Vista and Server 2008 and the
directory shadowing provided by the Wow64 environment, it is no longer
acceptable to store application configuration files in either \WINDOWS
or \Program Files directory trees.
The proper location
Due to the increased security provided by Vista and Server 2008 and the
directory shadowing provided by the Wow64 environment, it is no longer
acceptable to store application configuration files in either \WINDOWS
or \Program Files directory trees.
The proper location to store such files is