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Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory

From	Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.basic.visual.misc
Subject	Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory
Date	2011-06-24 17:00 -0700
Organization	exMVPs.org
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Thorsten Albers explained :
> Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> schrieb im Beitrag
> <iu2vvd$d09$1@dont-email.me>...
>> Yeah, app-data should go in the, uh, %appdata% folder. <g>
>
> Just a short note:
> To use the >environment variable< %APPDATA% is not a goot idea because - at
> least on WinXP - it is not defined for an application which is run for a
> user different from the one currently logged in (run as...).

Totally agree.  That was just shorthand for that CSIDL_* constant I 
always need to look up...

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"Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory Bill <bbuntain@gmail.com> - 2011-06-22 08:27 -0700
  Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-06-22 16:51 +0100
    Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory Bill <bbuntain@gmail.com> - 2011-06-22 13:21 -0700
  Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory "Nobody" <trinity@nobody.com> - 2011-06-22 11:52 -0400
    Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-06-22 17:06 +0100
      Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2011-06-24 14:35 -0700
        Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory "Thorsten Albers" <gudea@gmx.de> - 2011-06-24 22:59 +0000
          Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2011-06-24 17:00 -0700
        Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory Tony Toews <ttoews@telusplanet.net> - 2011-06-28 16:13 -0600
          Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2011-06-28 15:28 -0700
            Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory Tony Toews <ttoews@telusplanet.net> - 2011-06-29 13:08 -0600
              Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2011-06-29 12:30 -0700
              Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2011-06-29 18:39 -0400
                Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory Tony Toews <ttoews@telusplanet.net> - 2011-06-30 12:57 -0600
  Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory -mhd <not_real@invalid.com> - 2011-06-22 12:45 -0400
  Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2011-06-22 19:19 -0400
    Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-06-23 08:53 +0100
      Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2011-06-23 09:28 -0400
        Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-06-23 17:57 +0100
          Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2011-06-23 18:52 -0400
        Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory Neila <david.marso@gmail.com> - 2011-06-24 05:47 -0700
    Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory Bill <bbuntain@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 12:23 -0700
  Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory "Nobody" <nobody@nobody.com> - 2011-06-22 20:22 -0400
    Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory Bill <bbuntain@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 12:17 -0700
      Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-06-23 20:41 -0500

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