| Subject: | WINDOWS: %windir% no longer permitted for storage of appl config files |
Since before Windows 2000, it has been against Windows Application
Development guidelines to store application specific configuration files
in the %windir% directory. The "Common Application Data" directory was
created in Windows 95 for the storage of application specific
per-machine configuration files. KFW continued to use the %windir%
directory for backwards compatibility with prior releases.
With the deployment of dual 32-bit / 64-bit systems, the %windir%
directory is now redirected for 32-bit processes. 64-bit and 32-bit
processes cannot open the same version of the file.
With the release of 2003 SP1 the %windir% is also locked down to prevent
access by most user accounts.
As a result, the krb5 profile should be moved by default to the "Common
Application Data" directory.
Development guidelines to store application specific configuration files
in the %windir% directory. The "Common Application Data" directory was
created in Windows 95 for the storage of application specific
per-machine configuration files. KFW continued to use the %windir%
directory for backwards compatibility with prior releases.
With the deployment of dual 32-bit / 64-bit systems, the %windir%
directory is now redirected for 32-bit processes. 64-bit and 32-bit
processes cannot open the same version of the file.
With the release of 2003 SP1 the %windir% is also locked down to prevent
access by most user accounts.
As a result, the krb5 profile should be moved by default to the "Common
Application Data" directory.