I don't want WB moving my skins!!!

Thursday, September 20, 2007 by RGadelha | Discussion:

After updating WB yesterday (9/20) it started moving my skins to a folder all users could find them. I don't want this for sure! It means it is moving almost 2GB to my C: and I don't have much space in there. I want my skins in D:, like it was before, where I have a lot of space. My C: is just for Windows files and that's all. I don't even use Program Files to install programs unless I don't have the option to change that. But for my skins, YES, I want to have the option to put them where I want them.

So I uninstalled WB and am waiting for a fix for this, please?

Thank you for your attention - Roberto Gadelha

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Phoon
Reply #41 Wednesday, September 26, 2007 8:47 AM
My main gripe is that I've now got Stardock stuff spread all over my pc. WB skins are in one place, dreams in another, and OD icons, I've at least three different locations for those.
Some consistency throughout all these programs would be welcome. One single location for all skins etc.


A-fooking-men to that one!!
This drives me completely up a wall.

vStyler
Reply #42 Wednesday, September 26, 2007 9:00 AM
I know I'm not comfortable with it.


I'm not either and I've been on Pc's as long as I can remember. Regfixes I feel are a bad idea for any app.

Why not an option to install per user preference? It seems to be the consensus in this thread.

A-fooking-men to that one!!
This drives me completely up a wall.


Ditto

Jafo
Reply #43 Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:16 AM

Call me insane but my wild imagination sees the real likelihood that IF Vista MUST have all these thingies in the Doc folder then you all may just get your wish [them all in one place]....as all other proggies [including other SD ones] also default to the Doc folder.

I find it a bit like the various permutations of Litestep themeing....all sorts of 'default' locations for for various vintages.....it never occurred to me that some may have been externally ordained....I always thought it was someone trying to stamp individuality through confusion.  [so much hard-coding of folder heirarchy].

Skins eg. Windowblinds always seemed to me to be more than 'just' 3rd party proggy data...and more like OS files themselves.  I would have been happy to see them in a subfolder of the actual Windows directory...to differentiate them from mere apps like Photoshop, etc.

For those annoyed about the apparent SD scatter [of locations]....I have one word.....

Norton ....


Phoon
Reply #44 Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:47 AM
Norton ....


EEEEEEEKK!

RGadelha
Reply #45 Wednesday, September 26, 2007 11:26 AM
I agree. EEEEEEEKK! here too   


vStyler
Reply #46 Wednesday, September 26, 2007 11:28 AM
Norton ....


 All that is evil  

ZubaZ
Reply #47 Wednesday, September 26, 2007 11:31 AM
All that is evil
Not all. Ask Jafo his feelings about Google (and read Cory Doctorow's short story Scroogled)

vStyler
Reply #48 Wednesday, September 26, 2007 11:38 AM
and read Cory Doctorow's short story Scroogled


ADD wont let me   

ZubaZ
Reply #49 Wednesday, September 26, 2007 11:53 AM
ADD wont let me
And you skin how exactly?

vStyler
Reply #50 Wednesday, September 26, 2007 12:20 PM
And you skin how exactly?



bout 16 hours a day, in rather a scattered fashion, sporadically and with lots of forced concentration, coffee\Red Bull, smokes, occasionally..a lil drinky drink.  

thomassen
Reply #51 Wednesday, September 26, 2007 2:17 PM
Don't get me started about Norton. My parents still got that stuff installed on their system...

thomassen
Reply #52 Wednesday, September 26, 2007 2:22 PM
Generally speaking I want applications to save my user settings under the Application Data folder.
(C:\Users\%username%\AppData\ in Vista.) To me that makes more sense than putting it in the Documents folder.

Frogboy
Reply #53 Wednesday, September 26, 2007 2:32 PM

Not trying to start a poll but I have to go with Stardock's keeping them out of the Program Files directory. A step in the right direction I'd say. I'd also have to vote for being able to define the path for the skins though.

Not really an option. Microsoft won't certify programs anymore that store data in the program files directory.

Seriously guys, do you think WE wanted to have to move the skins? Don't you think we'd prefer to work on other things? Moving the skins is a pain in the butt. You're preaching to the choir.

We can look at an option for letting people choose where the skins go though.


neophil78
Reply #54 Wednesday, September 26, 2007 3:07 PM
Hum, hum, Mister Banfield, don't forget to have a look to this thread also ==> WWW Link becauze things are still the same even with beta 5.92.93 (seems to me there's something to go with .tga's using files by the skin - or not - and/or with the building of .wb4 files)

vStyler
Reply #55 Wednesday, September 26, 2007 3:41 PM
We can look at an option for letting people choose where the skins go though.


Thanks for that. I figured aas much about MS.

blazz
Reply #56 Wednesday, September 26, 2007 5:40 PM
Has Stardock responded in any meaningful way to objections concerning this move?

ZubaZ
Reply #57 Wednesday, September 26, 2007 5:53 PM
Has Stardock responded in any meaningful way to objections concerning this move?
Reply #53:
Microsoft won't certify programs anymore that store data in the program files directory.


MS certification FTW

RGadelha
Reply #58 Thursday, September 27, 2007 9:56 AM
We can look at an option for letting people choose where the skins go though.


Oh my God, that's all I want



MySecret
Reply #59 Thursday, September 27, 2007 11:53 AM
We can look at an option for letting people choose where the skins go though.


Please do

And Please create a poll if that would help assure you that many people want that option.

ps I don't have any ads showing up in my gmail account Just change the setting

And how many people get airmile points when they shop. They really do know how many rolls of toilet paper you use a week

And Norton is insidious

Philly0381
Reply #60 Thursday, September 27, 2007 12:36 PM
Since the recent update moved files to where, as Stardock reps point out, they need to be because of MS, is it safe to assume that this is a dead issue?   

Don't hit or throw things, just wanted to see peoples reactions.       

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