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Opening the (hidden, system) desktop.ini file under c:\program, does it show
this:


[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21781


or does it have this:


[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=Program


It shouldn't, however, really matter, I wouldn't think, since both Explorer
and, by extension Notepad's Save dialog, knows that this is really the
Program Files folder. In fact, if you try to make a new folder under C:\
called Program Files, you'll get a dialog that the folder already exists,
and either have to merge it or name it Program Files (2). You can rename
the C:\Program folder, though, to Program Files, without a problem. But
again, this may not be the problem with Notepad, but rather Vista's
virtualization of files that are written to the Program Files folder, or in
your case Program folder.

If you go to C:\Program, click on Compatibility Files in the Toolbar of
Windows Explorer. This will take you to C:\Users\(Your
Name)\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files. This is where Vista puts
the files of programs that write certain types of user files to the
C:\Program subdirectories. When you're in C:\Program\Your
Program (or possibly a subfolder of that path), you should also see a button
in the taskbar of Windows Explorer called "Compatibility Files", which will
you take you directly to your program's config files.

In your program's Options or Preferences dialog, can you change the default
location (path) of the folder that contains your config files (I guess, in
this case, text files) to a path that is under your account name?

For example, try C:\Users\(Your Name)\Documents\My MySQL Data (you may have
to create the folder there first). Then Vista won't re-direct your files.
It doesn't really cotton to user files being written to the C:\Program Files
subdirectories, after the initial installation, and has put the Program
Files folder on a security level as that of the Windows folders themselves,
making TrustedInstaller the owner.

I imagine, too that if you saved your file to the appropriate folder under
C:\Users\(Your Name)\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files, things would
also go smoothly. If you CAN save to a subfolder of C:\Program (by running
Notepad as Administrator or having UAC off), then it would be appropriate to
have saved it to C:\Program Files\MySQL, even though it *seems* it's path
name, in Explorer is C:\Program.

As to your question about junctions, no, the localized name is a function of
the desktop.ini, and not a function of junctions.

"Carl" <Carl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E9014EA9-1EC6-4651-83F1-8029A7CBF15D@microsoft.com...
> Hello
>
> I'm running Win Vista Business (Swedish version) and have trouble saving a
> simple text-file using notepad. Keep getting a messeage (in Swedish) that
> the
> file path or filename is not valid. I believe the reason to the problem is
> Vistas new approach to localization of folder names. A number of system
> folders have localized names such as "c:\program files" which in my
> language
> is called "c:\program". However the localized name is only "imaginary" as
> the
> real folder name really is "c:\program files", which easily is checked
> using
> a dos prompt and "dir c:\".
>
> After installing programs (in my case mysql) to the suggested folder
> "c:\program" everything works fine (including reading and running
> programs)
> except that saving a simple textfile (a config file) in the folder
> "c:\program\mysql" doesn't work, as notepad believes that the folder is
> "c:\program files\mysql".
>
> The only workaround I've found so far is to save the textfile to another
> folder not affected by localization and then move the file (using win
> explorer). Increadibly annoying...
>
> It's possible that this problem could have been avoided if I'd installed
> mysql to (the unsuggested folder) "c:\program files" instead, but havn't
> tried yet.
>
> Are the localized folders so called junctions? (would explain the problem)
>
> I guess this problem affects all Vista versions except English versions
> where the folder names are the same as the names shown in explorer. (So
> this
> forum might be the wrong place to discuss this :-)
>
> /Carl
>