The Application Data folder is hidden, but it *is* one of the locations that you can be sure even limited accounts can write to.... even on Vista.
"Ken Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Wed, 02 May 2007 18:38:01 -0500, J. Landman Gay wrote: > >> Ken Ray wrote: >> >>> There are a lot more examples, but you get the idea. So to develop >>> for the widest possible distribution, you want to accommodate users >>> of all levels, so the guidelines say that you should: >>> >>> - Put the executable file in the Applications/Program Files/etc. folder >>> - Put files that the application uses, that usually won't be >>> modified or need to be accessed by multiple users, and likely should >>> not be seen (or not seen very often) by end users in an Application >>> Support/Application Data/etc. folder >>> - Put files that *do* change, are user-specific, or hold >>> user-generated data in the user's Documents/My Documents folder >> >> Where would you put a file that the app itself needs to update, >> regardless of which user is running it? I've been putting that file >> into an "all users/application data/myapp/" folder but if there are >> permissions problems with that, what then? > > Well, there's the rub - there isn't a simple answer. The problem is > that for truly "locked down" users, the application itself would need > to elevate its permissions to take actions that the currently logged-in > user's permissions do not allow. OS X we can do with "sudo" and get > authorization; Trevor just found a way to ask for authorization under > Vista, but for other Windows flavors there isn't a solution for > Revolution that's been made known. > > What I've ended up needing to do is to request that Windows users get > added to the "Power Users" group, which gives them some form of > elevated access, but doesn't quite make them "Administrators". However > some companies won't even allow that... > > If I find out a way to do it, I'll make a tip out of it and let > everyone know... > > :-) > > Ken Ray > Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution