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Old 01-21-2009, 09:12 PM   #314
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Originally posted by Edgar:
On the next build, if Jim approves it, the user folder will be created in the directory pointed by the environment variable "APPDATA".
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It will make this even more complicated for users to find their user data folder ....
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The usual way to "uncomplicate" that is to provide a way for the user to DISPLAY (and perhaps click-on-to-go-to) any folders of interest. Then you can just tell the user what button to click on, to find their data folder.

It is common to display various significant folder paths in the "About" screen.

That would work for MA3, and it would be perhaps even more logical to display the significant folder paths in the "Program Settings" panel.

[Gilding the lily: allow users to CHANGE these paths, by changing what is shown on that panel - perhaps optionally moving the current contents to the new path]
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