AW: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all users?

[Tiemo Hollmann TB]

Hello Günter,

I'm not sure, if the intention of this folder is to put application option
data into it. At least on my machine, no software is using this public path
for app data. So there is supposed to be another place to put such data.
But thanks for the hint, it could be at least a workaround.
Tiemo


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Betreff: Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all
users?

Hello Tiemo,

you can use the public folder . Have a look here:
http://www.7tutorials.com/what-public-folder-how-use-it

(e.g. specialFolderPath("0x002E") is C:/Users/Public/Documents

Best
Günter


Am 07.07.2015 um 10:12 schrieb Tiemo Hollmann TB:
> Hello,
>
> I have an option file, which should be read/writable for all users.
>
> The only path I found is specialFolderPath("sdat"), which is e.g. on 
> Win 7 "C:\ProgramData"
>
> But this directory has write restrictions and usually, when updating a 
> file in this directory it gets virtualized since Win Vista in:
> "C:\Users\<MyUser>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\ProgramData" which 
> results in that behavior, that every user has it's own copy of the 
> original file. This happens though I am logged on as a user belonging to
the admin group.
>
> On the other hand I have seen files which are being update in 
> "C:\programData" without being virtualized and I don't know the 
> difference, when the virtualization happens.
>
> 1.     Where do you put files, write accessable for all users on win?
>
> 2.     How do you handle this nasty virtualization?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tiemo
>
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