Vista - Installing and uninstalling applications

I though I was getting to grips with Vistas file organisation but this one
has thrown me:-

I work for a software development company so continually install and
uninstall software as part of our testing process. I installed a new copy of
an application and everything went fine. The system allows a user to create a
new sub-folder in which a copy of data files is placed. This all worked fine.

I then uninstalled the new software and it appeared to uninstall correctly.
The folder disappeared from within program files and the shortcuts were
removed BUT when I installed the software a second time the system found the
folder I had created following the first install.

I again uninstalled the software and the application main folder was again
deleted.

I cannot see the sub-folder from explorer and icacls does not recognise it's
existence yet I can navigate to the folder from within my Microsoft
development environment.

Anyone ideas!

Thanks in advance

Gerard

Ok, I have found the answer to this in Rick Strahls weblog from November 20th
2006 at

http://www.west-wind.com/wconnect/weblog/

The additional directory is placed in a virtualised folder along the lines:

c:\user\USER\appdata\local\virtualstore\program files\APPNAME

where USER is the name of the user and APPNAME is the application name

Ricks weblog goes a lot further on this and explains about multiuser
applications etc and best practice for this sort of application.

Gerard








"Gerard Harris" wrote:

> I though I was getting to grips with Vistas file organisation but this one
> has thrown me:-
>
> I work for a software development company so continually install and
> uninstall software as part of our testing process. I installed a new copy of
> an application and everything went fine. The system allows a user to create a
> new sub-folder in which a copy of data files is placed. This all worked fine.
>
> I then uninstalled the new software and it appeared to uninstall correctly.
> The folder disappeared from within program files and the shortcuts were
> removed BUT when I installed the software a second time the system found the
> folder I had created following the first install.
>
> I again uninstalled the software and the application main folder was again
> deleted.
>
> I cannot see the sub-folder from explorer and icacls does not recognise it's
> existence yet I can navigate to the folder from within my Microsoft
> development environment.
>
> Anyone ideas!
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Gerard

Gerard

Well, that didn't take you very long.

Kudos for returning and posting the answer. This will help others who
experience the same problem.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Gerard Harris" <GerardHarris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CF3637B7-0BCB-42D8-B00D-12F9B3389061@microsoft.com...
> Ok, I have found the answer to this in Rick Strahls weblog from November
> 20th
> 2006 at
>
> http://www.west-wind.com/wconnect/weblog/
>
> The additional directory is placed in a virtualised folder along the
> lines:
>
> c:\user\USER\appdata\local\virtualstore\program files\APPNAME
>
> where USER is the name of the user and APPNAME is the application name
>
> Ricks weblog goes a lot further on this and explains about multiuser
> applications etc and best practice for this sort of application.
>
> Gerard
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Gerard Harris" wrote:
>
>> I though I was getting to grips with Vistas file organisation but this
>> one
>> has thrown me:-
>>
>> I work for a software development company so continually install and
>> uninstall software as part of our testing process. I installed a new copy
>> of
>> an application and everything went fine. The system allows a user to
>> create a
>> new sub-folder in which a copy of data files is placed. This all worked
>> fine.
>>
>> I then uninstalled the new software and it appeared to uninstall
>> correctly.
>> The folder disappeared from within program files and the shortcuts were
>> removed BUT when I installed the software a second time the system found
>> the
>> folder I had created following the first install.
>>
>> I again uninstalled the software and the application main folder was
>> again
>> deleted.
>>
>> I cannot see the sub-folder from explorer and icacls does not recognise
>> it's
>> existence yet I can navigate to the folder from within my Microsoft
>> development environment.
>>
>> Anyone ideas!
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Gerard