Hidden 'Application Data' folder on XP

[Ken Ray]

On Wed, 2 May 2007 22:26:24 +1000, Scott Kane wrote:

> 
>> 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.

BTW, that's specialFolderPath(26).


Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
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