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   There is a junction from \Documents and Settings to \Users.  You can =
use the old path.  Applications, at least ones that aren't broken, never = use
these as the names never were constant both due to localization and = the
ability to change them even to network locations.  There have been = APIs to
query these locations for a long long time.

   Didn't you complain about \Documents and Settings when it was changed =
from \Profiles between Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 because of the = spaces?
 Shouldn't you be happy that the spaces are gone?

Rich

  "Geo."  wrote in message =
news:4591d73c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  "mike"  wrote in message=20
  news:bo93p2p160qbi4h6aduvqvms77v5tvae88{at}4ax.com...

  > With one large message database file, every time you received a new
  > message, Windows Desktop Search had to re-index the entire
  > multi-gigabyte file.  With millions of tiny little message files,
  > Windows Desktop Search now only has to index the files that contain =
the
  > new message(s).

  So riddle me this batman, if desktop search is so great, why did they =
have=20
  to move user profiles from where they were into a /users directory now =
thus=20
  breaking things that looks for bookmarks where they used to be? I mean =
if=20
  file organization doesn't matter then why the hell do they keep =
reorganizing=20
  things?

  Do they do this nonsense with every new version of Linux?

  Geo.=20

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   There is
a junction from =
\Documents=20
and Settings to \Users.  You can use the old path.  = Applications,
at=20
least ones that aren't broken, never use these as the names never were =
constant=20
both due to localization and the ability to change them even to network=20
locations.  There have been APIs to query these locations for = a
long=20
long time.
 
   Didn't
you complain about =
\Documents=20
and Settings when it was changed from \Profiles between Windows NT 4.0 = and=20
Windows 2000 because of the spaces?  Shouldn't you be happy that = the
spaces=20
are gone?
 
Rich
 

  "Geo." <georger{at}nls.net>">mailto:georger{at}nls.net">georger{at}nls.net>
wrote=20
  in message news:4591d73c$1{at}w3.nls.net..."mike"=20
  <mike{at}barkto.com>">mailto:mike{at}barkto.com">mike{at}barkto.com>
wrote =
in message=20
  news:bo93p2p160q=
bi4h6aduvqvms77v5tvae88{at}4ax.com...>=20
  With one large message database file, every time you received a =
new>=20
  message, Windows Desktop Search had to re-index the entire>=20
  multi-gigabyte file.  With millions of tiny little message =
files,>=20
  Windows Desktop Search now only has to index the files that contain=20
  the> new message(s).So riddle me
this batman, if =
desktop search=20
  is so great, why did they have to move user profiles from where =
they were=20
  into a /users directory now thus breaking things that looks for =
bookmarks=20
  where they used to be? I mean if file organization doesn't matter =
then why=20
  the hell do they keep reorganizing
things?Do they do this =
nonsense=20
  with every new version of Linux?Geo. =


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