Am 07.10.2010 13:43, schrieb Michael Van Canneyt:
On Thu, 7 Oct 2010, Sven Barth wrote:
So: Norms ? Thank you, but I'll pass on that and implement what I
perceive as
simple and correct :-)
If the applications would keep their read only files in 'c:\program
files' and write only into those directories that they should (e.g.
user's appdata and global appdata (although this one should not be
used for sharing writable files...)) we wouldn't have all these
problems (virtual file store, UAC, etc.).
Some applications must write in the application directory.
Our apps do automatic updates at least once a month. The updates cannot
be postponed. I don't see how this can be achieved without writing in the
application directory.
As "updating applications" is an administrative task it should only be
done by those users that are allowed to do that. Normal users can't
write to /usr/ on *nix either, so I don't know why all have trouble to
accept that this is something a normal user should not do... (and no,
I'm not taking "on 9x it was done that way" as an excuse :P )
Regards,
Sven
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