[Lazarus] ALternate directory for Lazarus configuration files

Arí Ricardo Ody ari.ody at japinfo.com.br
Thu Aug 14 20:28:52 CEST 2008


I'm using Lazarus 0.9.24 on Vista 32 without problems. Admin user.

Gustavo

2008/8/14 Arí Ricardo Ody <ari.ody at japinfo.com.br>:
> I'm having troubles to install Lazarus under windows vista. Lazarus
> isn't writing its configuration files. I discovered that even with de
> ADM user I can't open the folder "documents and settings".
>
> If I'm not wrong Lazarus writes these files in the path "c:\documents
> and settings\<user>\local settings\application data" (or something like this).
>
> I discovered late that there is a new concept(at least for me) for
> local files: The ownership. Then even with the ADM user with
> administrator rights and the user account control disabled I can't
> gain access to the files. I need to alter this ownership. I can't
> install Lazarus 'till now, but, at least, I can open "documents and settings".
>
> Did someone have troubles with this stuff and solve them?
>
> Another question: Hw can I tell to Lazarus write this configuration
> files in a path choiced for me?
>
> Regards
>
> Ricardo
>
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