[Lazarus] Is this a new microsoft approach?

[Arí Ricardo Ody]

I found some very interesting notes about directory treatment in 
Windows Vista. I put them in ".odt" sun microsystem open office file.
If someone of you wants a copy, please write me out of the list.
But I don't even understand how to install Lazarus in Vista.

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Ricardo
At 15:31 14/8/2008, you wrote:
>Gustavo Enrique Jimenez wrote:
> >> Is it?
> >>
> >
> > I can't tell. When I have installed Lazarus on Vista, I was asked for
> > "Allow, reject" by the UAC.
> > My app writes some configuration files in the same directory
> > (c:\program files....etc.). No permissions problems for my app, or for
> > Lazarus. I have installed my app manually.
> >
> > Perhaps my permission settings are wrong ;-) .
>
>
>No, not wrong... but the files are probably written in
>/users/name/appdata/Local/VirtualStore/Program Files/...
>
>Vista shows these files *as if* they are written in c:\program files\...
>but they are not. Problem occurs when logged in as another user. You
>*think* you modified files in c:\program files\... but Vista saves your
>modified files somewhere in the virualStore. So if you log in as the
>first users, changes seems to be lost. Same thing happens if you log in
>via Terminal Server. It's some sort of compromis to keep legacy
>applications (that do not follow vista-rules) running...
>
>Same thing when storing data in the Registry. It also has a virtual
>store where data is written that is (by Vista rules) not allowed to be
>written in some parts of the registry (like e.g. HKLM).
>
>Single user says: No problem, all runs fine!
>
>John
>
>
>
> > Gustavo
> >
> > ps: excuse my english
> >
>
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