Deleting files on Vista

[Luis]

Hiya,

What about writing a little test app for the user to install and run.
After installing, the test app sends the 'cd ..' and 'dir' commands  
to the shell. Grab that output, should tell you the directory it's in.
Haven't tried this btw...

Cheers,

Luis.



On 29 Jun 2007, at 15:56, Shari wrote:

>> Not to my knowledge as there is no real way of knowing where Vista  
>> is going to pop those files.  That's the problem with VS - IMHO.   
>> In addition there is every likelyhood that VS will not be in  
>> future editions of Windows and or may change in the service packs  
>> for Vista.  It's best to avoid virtual store like the plague.   
>> It's unpredictable and can completely alter if your user turns UAC  
>> on and off.
>>
>> Scott Kane
>
>
> VirtualStore disappear someday?  Microsnot undo something bad they  
> created?  Surely not!
>
> I didn't write to VirtualStore, I am just wondering if my unstaller  
> did indeed do its job, but that VirtualStore is storing a copy of  
> the files wreaking havoc, preventing the new version from properly  
> installing.  That's why the uninstaller polls for that location as  
> well when deleting the files it created, in case Win itself did the  
> duplicating.  Which would make you wonder if the permissions would  
> indeed be set to Once Created, There Forever.
>
> On launch, the app checks to see if the prefs files exist.  If not,  
> it creates them.  According to him, even after running the  
> uninstaller, the app is acting like the old files still exist so it  
> is not creating new ones.   This is problematic because I changed  
> some fundamental things in the app, and it needs to create the  
> newer files to run properly.
>
> I've instructed the fellow to do a full search of his drive for the  
> folder my app creates for its pref files, and to look in  
> VirtualStore as well.  I do not know if he will do this, or is even  
> capable of doing it.
>
> Very frustrating!
>
> Shari
>
>
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