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Joined: 7/26/2004
Posts: 24
Location: US
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Whenever I start XMLspy 2009 it creates AUTOMATICALLY a folder + file:
D:\data\Altova\XMLSpy2009\xsl-assignments.xml
My XMLspy installation is however in dir:
D:\AltovaXMLSpy\
When I delete the xsl-assignments.xml file then the next start time it is re-created again.
So why does XMLSpy not create it in its own Install directory? This is somehow annoying.
Is there an option to move/define the creation folder (to preferable XMLSpy install dir)?
Where exactly can I find this setting?
Matt
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Joined: 7/17/2008
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Hi,
xsl-assignments.xml for me exist in my ...\[user]\My Documents\Altova\XMLSpy2009.
Why yours are ending up in c:\data\Altova\xyz instead of c:\Documents and Settings\[user]\My Documents\xyz must be a system configuration thing.
Is there something in your registry settings that moves user data into c:\data\ instead of ...\[user]\My Documents\ ? Something you had set in an earlier life for an earlier application maybe?
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rip wrote:xsl-assignments.xml for me exist in my ...\[user]\My Documents\Altova\XMLSpy2009.
Why yours are ending up in c:\data\Altova\xyz instead of c:\Documents and Settings\[user]\My Documents\xyz must be a system configuration thing.
Is there something in your registry settings that moves user data into c:\data\ instead of ...\[user]\My Documents\ ? Something you had set in an earlier life for an earlier application maybe?
Well I redefined my %MY DOCUMENTS% folder.
This is valid in WinXP. However this is not the problem.
Assume it would be still:
c:\Documents and Settings\[user]\My Documents\
I don't want to get all the stuff in this dir.
I want to keep all files e.g. from XMLSpy in a separate folder INSIDE the XMLspy install dir
or another user defined dir.
How can I achieve this?
In v2008 this does not occur. This was a clean and tidy file handling of XMLspy.
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Joined: 12/13/2005
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Location: Mauritius
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The new installation only follows Microsoft's requirements on where to install what files. The installation folder must contain only non-modifiable objects, but editable objects go to the My Documents folder (there are actually even more).
Windows XP installations have survived in the past if all files went to a single location, though this was discouraged by Microsoft, starting with Windows Vista Microsoft has found the ways how to prevent this completely - we had to comply.
Sorry, but you need to complain with Microsoft about this.
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