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echo: binkd
to: WILFRED VAN VELZEN
from: MICHIEL VAN DER VLIST
date: 2016-01-27 16:52:00
subject: Feature request

Hello Wilfred,

On Wednesday January 27 2016 14:26, you wrote to me:

 WV> CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA is a constant you feed to the windows api
 WV> function SHGetFolderPath(), which gives you back "The file system
 WV> directory that contains application data for all users". On XP this is
 WV> "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data" (or equivalent
 WV> for different languages). On Windows 7 this is C:\ProgramData\.
 WV> According to microsoft standards, an installer (or program) is
 WV> supposed to create/use a subdirectory structure in there like:
 WV> "\company\product", and use that for it's common, non user specific,
 WV> data.

I do not consider it a good idea to follow that practise for Command Line
programmes. In particular for binkd that has no setup programme and the user
has to edit the config file with a text editor.

 WV> Please don't shoot the messenger! ;)

You are not going to tell me that you actually have your binkd.cfg in
CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA\Fido\binkd\ and that you go there with a text editor to
chage it are you?

You can't be serious.

Cheers, Michiel

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