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[REQUEST] Directory name fot the user data in Windows versions

Hi,

does someone has a documentation source where to find the user 
directories listed for all Windows versions - let's say since Windows XP?

Thanks

Marcus

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Re: [REQUEST] Directory name for the user data in Windows versions

Posted by Brian Barker <b....@btinternet.com.INVALID>.
At 19:31 28/07/2022 +0200, Marcus Noname wrote:
>does someone has a documentation source where to find the user 
>directories listed for all Windows versions - let's say since Windows XP?

I was going to suggest earlier (when you were discussing telling 
users how to find their profiles) that, if you are using this to talk 
to users, then the environment variable %APPDATA% is (I think) all 
you need. This has the advantage of avoiding two problems: part of 
the path to this is through a folder hidden by default, and some 
users may not be aware of their own Windows user name.

Brian Barker  



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Re: [REQUEST] Directory name for the user data in Windows versions

Posted by Brian Barker <b....@btinternet.com.INVALID>.
At 13:51 30/07/2022 +0200, Peter Kovacs wrote:
>Portfolio is at %APPDATA%\ROAMING\OpenOffice\4

Actually, no - as the Roaming folder is included in the expansion of 
the environment variable %APPDATA% in versions of Windows that have 
it. So you mustn't include "Roaming" here.

Brian Barker 



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Re: [REQUEST] Directory name for the user data in Windows versions

Posted by Peter Kovacs <pe...@apache.org>.
Am 30.07.22 um 00:25 schrieb Marcus:
> Am 28.07.22 um 21:35 schrieb Brian Barker:
>> At 19:31 28/07/2022 +0200, Marcus Noname wrote:
>>> does someone has a documentation source where to find the user 
>>> directories listed for all Windows versions - let's say since 
>>> Windows XP?
>>
>> I was going to suggest earlier (when you were discussing telling 
>> users how to find their profiles) that, if you are using this to talk 
>> to users, then the environment variable %APPDATA% is (I think) all 
>> you need. This has the advantage of avoiding two problems: part of 
>> the path to this is through a folder hidden by default, and some 
>> users may not be aware of their own Windows user name.
>
> I'm aware of the variable. However, I wanted to avoid this as it's to, 
> hm, variable when showing path names as example. ;-)
>
> But maybe it's indeed the best way when covering all Windows versions. 
> To reach also the inexperienced users I've to add an explaination how 
> to use this variable, e.g., in the Windows Explorer.
>
> Nevertheless, do you have a source for full path names?
Portfolio is at %APPDATA%\ROAMING\OpenOffice\4
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Marcus
>
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Re: [REQUEST] Directory name for the user data in Windows versions

Posted by Marcus <ma...@wtnet.de>.
Am 28.07.22 um 21:35 schrieb Brian Barker:
> At 19:31 28/07/2022 +0200, Marcus Noname wrote:
>> does someone has a documentation source where to find the user 
>> directories listed for all Windows versions - let's say since Windows XP?
> 
> I was going to suggest earlier (when you were discussing telling users 
> how to find their profiles) that, if you are using this to talk to 
> users, then the environment variable %APPDATA% is (I think) all you 
> need. This has the advantage of avoiding two problems: part of the path 
> to this is through a folder hidden by default, and some users may not be 
> aware of their own Windows user name.

I'm aware of the variable. However, I wanted to avoid this as it's to, 
hm, variable when showing path names as example. ;-)

But maybe it's indeed the best way when covering all Windows versions. 
To reach also the inexperienced users I've to add an explaination how to 
use this variable, e.g., in the Windows Explorer.

Nevertheless, do you have a source for full path names?

Thanks for your help.

Marcus

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