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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / General Topics / May 2008Vista and Compatibility Files -Huh
Anyone got the time to explain what the heck Vista "compatibility files" are all about? In my case I installed a older piece of software (maybe a couple of years old) on my laptop runnibg Vista Basic Home, the program installed and runs ok, but when I went take a look in the program's folder , there were files that should have been that are not listed, then I noticed listed on the menu where Organize, Views, Burn options are located another option called Compatibility Files, so being the seek and ye shall find kind of guy I clicked on the "compatibility files" folder and there were the missing files...so Huh? TIA ICU > Anyone got the time to explain what the heck Vista "compatibility files" > are all about? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > clicked on the "compatibility files" folder and there were the missing > files...so Huh? when a poorly written program is trying to write application data files in c:\program files, UAC's file redirection will redirect these writes in your user private appdata folder. >> Anyone got the time to explain what the heck Vista "compatibility >> files" are all about? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > files in c:\program files, UAC's file redirection will redirect these > writes in your user private appdata folder. Hmmm...poorly written...I gues that could be subject to some aggreement and some disaggreement. Now having said that , the program in question is Eudora 7.1 and yes I know it's no longer available as it is now part of an open source developement, but I prefer to continue to use as I have used Eudora for yeras and updated it as the new versions appeared. Is there no way that the so called "compatabilty files" could be listed in with the rest of the Eudora files without having to be listed separately? Thanks for the reply. ICU >>> Anyone got the time to explain what the heck Vista "compatibility >>> files" are all about? [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > listed separately? > Thanks for the reply. I don't think Vista likes for application data files to be written to the C:\Program files folder or any of its sub-folders. >>>> Anyone got the time to explain what the heck Vista "compatibility >>>> files" are all about? [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > I don't think Vista likes for application data files to be written to > the C:\Program files folder or any of its sub-folders. You got it, I just uninstalled it and re-installed it outside the Program Files folder...everything shows up where it is supposed to and it seems to run ok. Why the hell does MS take it on them selves to change things like this. I suppose they will say it's just for my own good.(G) Oh well, another mystery solved, thanks for your input , much appreciated. ICU |
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