Re: Where to store data under Windows

2009-11-07 Thread Scott Morrow
Hello Richard, I often try writing a little text file to the location that they pick (and then delete it if successful.) If I can't create/write the text file then I know that they probably don't have sufficient permission and that I'm not going to be able to write anything else. Scott M

Re: Where to store data under Windows

2009-11-07 Thread Richard Miller
Hi Shao, Yes... this is what I was planning. But exactly which are the "no-no" folders under Vista and Windows 7? Are there any such folders on any drive other than C? Thanks. Richard Shao Sean wrote: Have it default somewhere (like the "My Documents" folder) and give the user an option (p

Re: Where to store data under Windows

2009-11-07 Thread Shao Sean
Have it default somewhere (like the "My Documents" folder) and give the user an option (preference) to move it to where they see fit.. Check if the user picks one of the no-no folders and inform them about the issues if they are not admin.. ___ use

Re: Where to store data under Windows

2009-11-07 Thread Richard Miller
Hi Jim, The reason for not necessarily selecting the "My Videos" folder is that the user may not wish (or be able to) store several GB's of video data under that folder... which presumably is always on their C drive. They may want it on an external drive. I know for many somewhat older compu

Re: Where to store data under Windows

2009-11-07 Thread Jim Sims
On Nov 7, 2009, at 12:12 PM, Richard Miller wrote: I know this topic has been talked about before where to store Rev stacks that will be frequently (and automatically) updated when running under Windosw. As a result, I've followed the general guidance of storing these stacks in the Do

Where to store data under Windows

2009-11-07 Thread Richard Miller
I know this topic has been talked about before where to store Rev stacks that will be frequently (and automatically) updated when running under Windosw. As a result, I've followed the general guidance of storing these stacks in the Documents folder. This seems to avoid any problems with th