[jhb] Re: Vista Query
- From: "Fossil" <fossil@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:07:25 +0100
Been working too long with HTML.. It's all Tim Berners-Lee's fault anyway.
Just off for a backslash..
bones
bones@xxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Mike Brook
Sent: 19 October 2009 15:01
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] Re: Vista Query
Bones, ol' chap, you are guilty of mixing up your 'slashes' and your
'backslashes'! Shame on you ... ;-)
M.
ps. I have fsx installed as 'c:\fsx'
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Fossil
> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 2:31 PM
> To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jhb] Re: Vista Query
>
> Vista separates out the operating files and the user files for
> any program.
> Operational files like the exe and DLL's go in the folder you
> nominated at
> install. User files get shoved elsewhere in Vista's horrible
> Virtual Store.
> By user files I mean any file that gets changed after
> installation so this
> includes all CFG and INI files.
>
> The Virtual Store is buried away in your
> User/AppData/Local/VirtualStore/ProgramFiles folder. Good luck
> hunting it
> out. If you need to go in there a lot it may be better making a
> shortcut to
> the Virtual Store folder.
>
> I avoid the Virtual Store if I can. I know some users turn off
> UAC but
> that's not a good idea. My preferred option is never accept the
> default
> installation path pointing to the Program Files location. If you
> install to
> this location Vista automatically creates the Virtual Store
> entry. If you
> install to your own folder choice outside Program Files (say
> C:/FlightSim)
> then no Virtual Store data gets created.
>
> I don't know what happens when you try making backups of your
> data after
> Vista has separated out all the files. If you just copy your FS
> folder to an
> external drive it will be missing the current CFG and INI files.
>
> I wonder if Windows7 uses the same process?
>
> bones
> bones@xxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf
> Of Gerry Winskill
> Sent: 19 October 2009 14:17
> To: JHB Restricted
> Subject: [jhb] Vista Query
>
> I'm still trying to cope with the sadistic side of Vista, on my
> laptop.
>
> Someone must have been there before, so where does it hide FSX's
> Scenery.cfg?
>
> I've changed settings so that folders are not hidden but it still
> says
> there's no Scenery.cfg on the machine.
>
> Gerry Winskill
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