Storing preferences data on Windows PCs

[Sarah Reichelt]

On 3/6/06, Terry Judd <tsj at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
> I've got the Mac side of things covered but where do people usually
> store user preferences on Window's PCs?
>
> Is (from the Microsoft Library)...
>
> CSIDL_APPDATA(0x001a)
> Version 4.71. The file system directory that serves as a common
> repository for application-specific data. A typical path is
> C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data.
>

You can get it using: specialFolderPath(26)

This gives you the Application Data folder for the current user (I
think). Don't use specialFolderPath("Preferences") because on Windows,
this just gives you the root directory.

Cheers,
Sarah