Re: Data file placement on MSVista OS

Thanks for the MS links, this help a lot.

BTW, I am usning Inno Installer do you know if it will support
CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA

"Tjipke A. van der Plaats" <info@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Any ideas to were the data files are to be stored on a Vista OS, does
Microsoft have a standard for Vista?

Take a look at the CSIDL predefined folders:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649274.aspx
(And they are not only for Vista, but also for earlier OS-es)

CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA is problably the one you need.

Regards,

Tjipke

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