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

Hi Mike, you are right, today and most times in the past I can write to this directory too without getting virtualized. From time to time I wonder, why changes to my option file in this directory doesn't come into effect. Searching for the reason, I find this file from time to time being virtual

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

Hi Mike, just noticed, that specialfolderpath("0x0023") is the same as my up to now used specialfolderpath("35"), which was on XP C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\ApplicationData. On Win Vista and above this path doesn't exists anymore and now is C:\ProgramData, which obviously hasn't write p

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

Thanks Mike fort he hint Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Mike Bonner Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Juli 2015 14:47 An: How to use LiveCode Betreff: Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all users

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

Thank you for your input! -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Peter TB Brett Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Juli 2015 12:38 An: How to use LiveCode Betreff: Re: Where to put on windows an option file accessable for all users On

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

Thank you for your helpful thoughts. How would I differentiate the access to these two different option sets? On a private computer where the user usually is logged in as an admin I would have to offer both option sets. In a school, depending on the log-in the appropriate options. But I never h

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

Hi Peter, hmmm, never thought about that it could be a design fault. Beside real user based options I keep some general options in my option file, like the path to video files, or a flag if the software should look automatically for updates. If I think about schools, where different users can log

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

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.