No Windows XP did not have support for roaming profiles yet I think. But it wouldn't be too difficult to use %LOCALAPPDATA% first, and when it doesn't exist, use %APPDATA%?
This article explains a lot about the differences; I didn't have time yet to read it in detail http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766489(WS.10).aspx What other software sometimes does (like Autodesk Maya), is just create a folder in the "My Documents" logical folder. I personally don't like this. On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Deniz Dogan <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/9/10 Sebastian Sylvan <[email protected]>: >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Duncan Coutts >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 20:19 +0100, Sebastian Sylvan wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Duncan Coutts >>> > <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > >>> > If the Windows users can come to a consensus on whether the >>> > default should be global or user, then we can easily switch >>> > it. The same applies for the default global or user >>> > installation paths. >>> >>> > I think it's morally right to run as user by default. Yes, the windows >>> > culture has some legacy that may, on occasion, make it slightly harder >>> > to use "well behaved" programs, but it's fairly minor these days. >>> >>> So is it just a matter of switching the default, or do the default user >>> paths have to change too? Is there any recommended/sensible place for >>> installing per-user applications on Windows? (I think there wasn't on >>> XP, but perhaps that's changed on Vista/Win7) >>> >> >> I think it's %LOCALAPPDATA% >> >> >> >> -- >> Sebastian Sylvan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >> >> > > Is there any %LOCALAPPDATA% on Windows XP? If not, what is the > difference between %LOCALAPPDATA% and %APPDATA% in Windows Vista/7? I > was thinking if it's not unreasonable to store Cabal stuff in > %APPDATA%, one might as well use that and cover XP, Vista and 7 all in > one. > > -- > Deniz Dogan > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
