better location to save settings

[stax]

I've finally bought a new mobo after more than 4 years and therefore have to configure a new Windows setup, while doing this I'll also update DVBViewer to the latest version. Restoring my data from my backup I noticed DVBViewer stored the settings at:

 

C:\ProgramData\CMUV\DVBViewer

 

and the directory ProgramData is hidden by default and little to no other application use it to save settings, the most popular location by far is:

 

C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming

 

Overall I've backed up settings of 6 applications, and all except DVBViewer all use this directory. They are like DVBViewer all great, I'm sure many other here use or know them: xbmc, MediaMonkey, VLC, Firefox, Thunderbird

[Tjod]

%PROGRAMDATA% > C:\ProgramData\

%APPDATA% > C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming

http://en.DVBViewer.tv/wiki/Multiuser_mode#UserMode.3D1

 

It depends if you like settings per user or the same settings for all user.

An for a background service like the RS you can't use the per user folder.

 

directory ProgramData is hidden by default

AppData as well

[stax]

Thanks for the info, I've changed it now to per user, does that mean I can't use the record service at all now?

[Tjod]

Yes UserMode=1 and the RS will result in problem.

You need one configuration folder for your user and the system account.

And %PROGRAMDATA% is the correct folder for that.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/patricka/archive/2010/03/18/where-should-i-store-my-data-and-configuration-files-if-i-target-multiple-os-versions.aspx