Windows deployment

[Marty Knapp]

Thanks Scott,
What if I want to save data in text files into the same directory/folder 
as the app (or a sub folder)?

Marty

>>I'm getting ready to release a program for Mac and Windows, but I'm 
>>mostly a Mac guy, so PC issues are pretty foreign to me. The program 
>>doesn't have any complex installation needs, but I've heard 
>>talk of the 
>>Windows Registry, write priviledges, etc. What do I need to know to 
>>distribute my app to Windows users? For testing this I've just been 
>>copying it to my Windows Desktop and running it from there. 
>>I've had no 
>>problems with that, but I'm sure there are things I need to 
>>be educated 
>>about.
>>    
>>
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>If you are not writing to the registry (which is done explicitly in
>your app') then you don't need to worry about that.  As for installation
>location, 99% of the time - if a general small business or consumer
>application -
>the Program Files directory is fine.  In the rare instance you can't
>write to this
>then let the user specify where to install it.
>
>Scott
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