Locations on Windows XP/Vista

[tylerpilot]

Hi,

Can someone tell me where explorer.exe, and the "Public" user folder is located in Windows XP and Vista please?

Thanks,
Tyler

[mgh]

Why not do a search with Windows Explorer?

[WarpD]

Why would one need access to a core OS file?

[Heretic]

Originally Posted by WarpD

Why would one need access to a core OS file?

"Explorer.exe has crashed..."

(This tends to happen, but it's usually autostarted after that.)

[tylerpilot]

Originally Posted by mgh

Why not do a search with Windows Explorer?

I don't have XP or Vista. I need to know the locations for an Installer program I'm building.

[mgh]

I wouldn't like to use an installer that was developed without access to the actual operating system. Anyway, the items may not be in the default locations.

[tylerpilot]

Originally Posted by mgh

I wouldn't like to use an installer that was developed without access to the actual operating system. Anyway, the items may not be in the default locations.

I'm sorry but I don't understand what you mean. What I want to do is make a button that when the user clicks it he/she can open windows explorer to see where to install files. And I also have three manuals that will install to the users system.

[hairyspin]

I don't have Vista either, but environment variables might give you the answers you need. Note that the variables you might need are different in XP from those in Win7/Vista.

Referencing the environment variables can also get around the user who has a more customised, non-default setup.

[mgh]

How do you propose using windows Explorer to help the user install files?

[tylerpilot]

Originally Posted by mgh

How do you propose using windows Explorer to help the user install files?

The user can open explorer.exe to see where he/she wants to install files.

[mgh]

Originally Posted by tylerpilot

The user can open explorer.exe to see where he/she wants to install files.

Explorer won't help in acvtually installing files it's the wrong tool for that.

Why doesn't your installer itself offer the user the opportunity to select where to install and then install? Other installers do.

[tylerpilot]

Originally Posted by mgh

Explorer won't help in acvtually installing files it's the wrong tool for that.

Why doesn't your installer itself offer the user the opportunity to select where to install and then install? Other installers do.

It does. I just want to know if the locations of "explorer.exe" and the "Public" user folder are the same in Windows XP and Vista.

[mgh]

Originally Posted by tylerpilot

It does. I just want to know if the locations of "explorer.exe" and the "Public" user folder are the same in Windows XP and Vista.

Can you explain why?

[hairyspin]

Okay, short answer: they're not.

In XP there is no Public folder, what you seem to be asking for is All Users (C:\Documents and Settings\All Users)

In Vista, as in Windows 7, the Public folder is C:\Users\Public.


But could I urge you to at least to get XP and Vista users to try your installer before releasing to the public. Better is to get access to XP and Vista installations and test them yourself first.

[mgh]

Originally Posted by tylerpilot

Because I want the installer program to install to these folders. I not sure if someone with a vista or XP has the same locations for the folders.

But I thoughht6 to user chose where to instal and that doesn't explain why your installer needs to open Explorer.

[tylerpilot]

But I thought the user chooses where to install and that doesn't explain why your installer needs to open Explorer.

Okay, never mind about explorer. But I wanted to install some PDF manuals to a documents folder that was common on all windows systems. So I wanted to make sure it was all the same on all windows systems.

Originally Posted by hairyspin

Okay, short answer: they're not.

In XP there is no Public folder, what you seem to be asking for is All Users (C:\Documents and Settings\All Users)

In Vista, as in Windows 7, the Public folder is C:\Users\Public.


But could I urge you to at least to get XP and Vista users to try your installer before releasing to the public. Better is to get access to XP and Vista installations and test them yourself first.

Okay, thanks , That was the information I needed.

Thanks,
Tyler