Saving info in Registry

[Guest]

Hi,

Under Vista you can't save application settings to HKLM, can anyone point me
in the direction of the new guidlines on where we should store application
data, which is machine wide.

Thanks

Tim

 

[Bob Powell [MVP]]

The current politic is not to store application info in the registry but to
use XML configuration files local to your application directory.

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[Guest]

Bob,

Thats fine but the application directory is usually under Program Files, and
this is protected by UAC, in that writes are redirected to a user based
location, which will cause problems. What I really need is some clear
instructions from Microsoft on where I can store machine / program dependent
information that all users can access.

Thanks

Tim