<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>%APPDATA% is what MSDN claims is correct. The other way is just
<br>defacto. Ideally the installer should place a shortcut to it; then it<br>doesn't really matter where it goes.</blockquote><div><br>Another recommendation from Microsoft is to let the end user decide: give<br>him the option to store the data where he wants to store the data. There's
<br>nothing more annoying to the end user of having the feeling that he's not <br>in control of the program: the program is in control of him.<br><br>I've heard it more than a few gripes about about things not being the way they
<br>used to be in Quake III. I think it would be in the best interest of the program if<br>the program would accept the Windows recommended practice (%APPDATA%) <br>but give the user the option to change the location where he would like to store
<br>the data. <br><br>I know he has that choice already. But it's frustrating for someone who's not <br>familiar with how to set up the parameters. Windows is finally catching up to <br>some of the more secure practices of Linux, but Windows users--from the sounds
<br>of the gripes I've heard--are taking their time to adjust.<br><br><br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">---<br>
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