checking removable drives

[xavier.bury at clearstream.com]

Ken, Richard,

it's true it's open for discussion but in general, programs that write 
prefs to the same app folder have
the advantage that they can be moved anywhere later by the user. 

The registry is practical in case you want to update with an installer so 
it's easy to see where the
app was installed (not all users have the same "program files", "windows" 
or application (your app name)
folder. 

Anyway, to get back to the subject to see if a drive in Windows is 
removable, look at this vbs example

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/script56/html/sgfsosample.asp

There might be other ways for those who can't execute vbs scripts but it's 
the "common" way to script 
windows' objects...

cheers
Xavier
http://monsieurx.com

use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com wrote on 03/11/2005 07:55:23:

> On 11/2/05 11:42 PM, "Richard Gaskin" <ambassador at fourthworld.com> 
wrote:
> 
> > Could there be a downside to writing prefs or other such app-managed
> > data to a folder either within or at the same level as our program's
> > folder if we have permissions to do so?
> 
> Not that I can see - especially in Windows where some apps write to the
> AppData folder, some write to the Registry, some write local files, I 
think
> you should do what best suits you.
> 
> :-)
> 
> 
> Ken Ray
> Sons of Thunder Software
> Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
> 



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