Windows 7 -- where to put the data directory?
Peer
Thanks!
flyt...@ymail.com
>Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks!
Grab the whole Agent folder and paste it into the C: directory.
Don't put it into the program folder. When Agent starts it'll ask
you if you want to move the data file; say no and keep it where
it is. It works really well on Win7.
Peer
>Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks!
More info. There will be multiple users of win7. I therefore want to
put the idx/dat files per user in their own directory space, what used
to be referred to under WinXP as:
Documents and Settings / usr / Application Data / Agent / idx&dat files
What's the equivalent in Win7? I'm new to Win7 obviously, and googling
this newsgroup didn't help with this qu.
Thanks
Peer
So you're suggesting an Agent data directory in C: for each user? I
don't think so.
When Agent starts, it asks you if you want to move the data file? I've
not seen this question when I start it.
Can you clarify?
flytipper
>On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:39:25 +0000, flyt...@ymail.com wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:30:34 -0800, Peer <nob...@nowhere.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Any suggestions?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>
>>Grab the whole Agent folder and paste it into the C: directory.
>>Don't put it into the program folder. When Agent starts it'll ask
>>you if you want to move the data file; say no and keep it where
>>it is. It works really well on Win7.
>
>So you're suggesting an Agent data directory in C: for each user? I
>don't think so.
I didn't realise you were going to have multiple users for this program.
I don't know how to set it up for multiple users.
>When Agent starts, it asks you if you want to move the data file? I've
>not seen this question when I start it.
>
>Can you clarify?
Well, that's what it asked me. When using XP I moved the data
folder from the 'application folder' and put it into the Agent
folder, keeping it all together, and that's the way I copied it onto
Win7.
Jaimie Vandenbergh
Just let Agent install with the defaults. It'll create data folders in
the 'correct' place as per MS suggestions, which in Windows7 is the
same as Vista, underneath each user's home folder.
Cheers - Jaimie
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Peer
<jai...@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:40:36 -0800, Peer <nob...@nowhere.net> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:30:34 -0800, Peer <nob...@nowhere.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Any suggestions?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>
>>More info. There will be multiple users of win7. I therefore want to
>>put the idx/dat files per user in their own directory space, what used
>>to be referred to under WinXP as:
>>
>>Documents and Settings / usr / Application Data / Agent / idx&dat files
>>
>>What's the equivalent in Win7? I'm new to Win7 obviously, and googling
>>this newsgroup didn't help with this qu.
>>
>>Thanks
>
>Just let Agent install with the defaults. It'll create data folders in
>the 'correct' place as per MS suggestions, which in Windows7 is the
>same as Vista, underneath each user's home folder.
And indeed Agent installation did put the data folders in the 'correct'
place--thanks to everyone for their help!
>
> Cheers - Jaimie
(PeteCresswell)
>And indeed Agent installation did put the data folders in the 'correct'
>place--thanks to everyone for their help!
If "Correct" is anywhere on C:, you're going to lose your data
if/when the system goes South and you need to re-install or
re-image. It will probably survive a "repair" but nothing
stronger.
Having a teenager that pounds on my PCs a couple hours every day
- with the consequent need to re-image frequently; I find it's
worth the time/trouble to keep all data on a separate "D:" drive
- whether it's a partition of the system disc or a separate drive
altogether.
My #2 daughter's PC recently had it's system drive cough up it's
guts and die. Haven't gotten down there yet, but I'm hoping
against hope that she's still keeping her Outlook DB on the D
drive where I put it at install time.
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Stephen
wrote:
so why not cross link the users directories onto another drive?
Work does this to all the imaged laptops they give out.....
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(PeteCresswell)
>so why not cross link the users directories onto another drive?
>
>Work does this to all the imaged laptops they give out.....
At first that went right over my head.
But then I figured that "cross link" means putting directories
like "MyDocuments" on another drive.
If that's the case, they're right on the money - and, given that
there's an easy way to do that, it sounds like a much simpler way
to accomplish the same thing.
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