[VISTA] Fixing Applications in Vista like Java for roaming users that use LocalLow folder

  • From: "Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms" <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: THIN <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, vista@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 13:41:40 -0500

Windows 
Vista<http://kenzig.blogspot.com/2008/11/fixing-applications-in-vista-when-you.html#>uses
a new directory structure in the users profile for application data.
Instead of the folder being called Application Data as in Windows 2000 -
Windows XP Microsoft renamed it AppData and created a redirect shortcut to
it. (and the profiles are under Users instead of Documents and Settings of
course) To further confuse things Microsoft created 3 subfolders under
AppData called Local, Roaming and LocalLow.
The confusion and problems arise with roaming and mandatory profiles when
you install an application and it puts its data in the LocalLow folder. The
data from the app does not travel from Machine to Machine because the
LocalLow Folder will NEVER roam.


Read how to work around this problem from the below link:

http://kenzig.blogspot.com/2008/11/fixing-applications-in-vista-when-you.html

Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com


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