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From: Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org>
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Subject: Re: "Run-time error 75" updating program in Vista/Windows 7 Program Files (x86) directory
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:00:40 -0700
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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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