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Rob Hunter
Rob Hunter

Reputation: 2837

Correct place to install demostration projects?

With the new Windows 7 restrictions (well, new to Windows Vista anyways), we can no longer install demo projects to %ProgramFilesFolder%\OurApplication\demo\ since restricted users will not be able to open and modify these projects.

Is there a "correct" place to install these files now?

The two alternatives that I am aware of would be:

  1. %AppDataFolder%\OurApplication\demo\
  2. %PersonalFolder%\OurApplication\demo\
    (in XP: %PersonalFolder% = My Documents)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 66

Answers (2)

Michael Urman
Michael Urman

Reputation: 15905

Depending on whether you expect multiple accounts on a single machine to access these demo files, it may be better to modify the application to read from the public read-only location, and save a writable copy to the user's documents folder. There's little reason that this part should be done by the installer.

Upvotes: 1

Eric Brown
Eric Brown

Reputation: 13932

I'd lean towards %PersonalFolder%\OurApplication\demo\, since you're expecting users to open the files themselves. %AppDataFolder% is intended for (writable) data that's for the app's use (e.g., game maps, etc.)

Upvotes: 1

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