Hidden 'Application Data' folder on XP

[Scott Kane]

> Using the altsplash auto-load architecture, I have one user for whom the 
> loader hangs.  His specialFolderPath(35) returns as
>
> C:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data
>
> but he says he has no such folder, which leads me guess is that it is 
> hidden and that its invisibility is preventing the write to or the read 
> from the directory.

Yup.  It's real and it is hidden - however if the user does not have Admin 
rights he can't write there.   He needs to write to a folder belonging to 
him.

C:/Documents and Settings/Your Users Name/Application Data.

> Is there something special I must do to make this directory usable if 
> hidden?

You could instruct the user to elevate himself to an admin - while that will 
work it may also be against any policies they are subject to and therefore 
rendering "security" useless which probably is not a good idea.

Scott Kane
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