Separating program code from user data is "best practice" in the IT world, so I am glad to see that Invelos got on board.

If all programs would put their "user data" in the "My Documents" folder, then all I'd need to worry about backing up is that one folder.

Keep up the good work Ken!

Quoting hal9g:

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Separating program code from user data is "best practice" in the IT world, so I am glad to see that Invelos got on board.

Exactly!
Not to mention that it is necessary for multi-user operation-systems.

cya, Mithi

And you can move the My Documents folder anywhere you want.

In fact, any time I decide to reinstall Windows, I just point the My Documents folder back to it's rightful place: on my F partition which contains my data. And it just takes 6-7 clicks to do!

I think the current directory structure divided in document data, app data and program files is pretty intuitive. I have a minor quibble with the hard-coded "DVD Profiler" directory under "My Documents". That should be customizable. I remember some user who already had a folder with this name there and it got overwritten.

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It could be argued that, due to their size, the OnlineList.dod/OnlineListSel.dod should be non-roaming data and therefore moved from "Application Data" to "Local Settings\Application Data".

Quoting Gerri Cole:

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The changes to installation were made to accomodate a seamless installation/running on Vista.

-Gerri

You can have the default however you want it, but we ought to have the choice of putting it somewhere else if we wish to.  Not every system is set up using the Microsoft defaults.  If someone installs it somewhere else and has problems under Vista, that's their issue to deal with, not yours.

Quoting goodguy:

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It could be argued that, due to their size, the OnlineList.dod/OnlineListSel.dod should be non-roaming data and therefore moved from "Application Data" to "Local Settings\Application Data".

Straight to the point. This "feature" really sucks on environments where roaming profiles are used with limited profile size. I have requested this change before. Correct place for those files is, as you said,"Local Settings\Application Data" that is not included to profile quota.

Im my case it is no problem to have the DVDProfiler database in "My Documents" as default, it is just that I want it in a sub-directory of "My Documents".

I would like to have the choice when installing / configuring the programme where the user data should be stored.

Personally I get a bit frustrated with programmes that just put directories directly under "My Documents" without asking me, and if I remove those directories just automatically recreate them the next time I use these programmes.

I like to be in control of how the "My Documents" folder is arranged.