Why is it in appdata?

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Hambeau said:
Microsoft came up with it, BTW, and all Mojang did was to follow the standard set by MS, and following the target OS' standards is generally one of the best programming habits to develop. As I understand it, the only problem caused by not following the standard occurs if you use non-standard Unicode characters in your folder names.

You don't need a great deal of knowledge to use APPDATA... Since it's under your personal home directory you automatically get all access privileges by default and everyone else is blocked except the Administrator account (if you've activated and password protected it). This is the primary reason APPDATA exists anyway... All of your system customizations live there, by the way, such as your Outlook mail databases (if you use Outlook), "favorites" folder if you use IE, etc.

All you need is enough "Search Fu" to google it on line or enough curiosity/interest to buy one of the many books describing the environment of the Windows version you use.
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I have never seen any other programs install themselves in APPDATA like Minecraft did. Never ever seen it, not once, not a single program I've ever installed. But yeah, we can blame Microsoft, I'm fine with that if it's their "standard".
 
asb3pe said:
I have never seen any other programs install themselves in APPDATA like Minecraft did. Never ever seen it, not once, not a single program I've ever installed. But yeah, we can blame Microsoft, I'm fine with that if it's their "standard".
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I just checked my APPDATA directory... All my Microsoft software (Offoce, Visual Studio, SQL, OneNote) stores User-specific things in one of the 3 subdirectories ("Local", "LocalLow" and "Roaming"), as well as Adobe, MacroMedia, NVidea, my Arduino software, all of my Turbine software (Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online), Rift, other lesser known software and, oh yeah, Java.
 
To all those talking about technical adept-ness, consider that the default folder is appdata and not program files.
 
Yeah, but the MOST common question is where the saves are. Since appdata isn't readily accessible, even technically adept people still have to ask where them saves are.

The most common technical process almost all MC players go through is learning how to make backups. They lose their world once and is like "omg lost world" then people are like "omfg u stupid why no backup", then they're like "omg how back up".

I'm just saying, sounds pretty fuuc---king familiar.
 
namiasdf said:
To all those talking about technical adept-ness, consider that the default folder is appdata and not program files.
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Program Files and Program Files(x86), 64 and 32 bits, respectively (on 64 bit Windows) is where the binaries for programs are stored, if the software follows the Microsoft standard. APPDATA is for information used by the programs that is specific to a particular user... Email files, window sizes, personal documents, etc. Some companies also install there if the installation is not to be made available to other users of that system, who would log on with different IDs.

There is also a user account called "Default", where software that everyone has access to can be installed, if there are no personal parameters involved. When anyone logs on to their account, their environment includes the "Default" user desktop in addition to their personal desktop configuration and APPDATA files.
 
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I asked my technically inept mother where the app data and program files folder were respectively, guess which she found and didn't?

=D
 
Hambeau said:
If you do that you are likely to break most other applications you've installed, especially things like Office, Visual Studio, and most other software that cost a pretty penny because they tend to adhere to Microsoft's default standards.

You can, if you are savvy enough, specify any directory to install the downloaded pack into and the installation will build the link to load from the specified place without messing with pre-existing installations.
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I actually used a batch file like that to launch vanilla MC so I could have everything on it's own partition. I had several different mod packs I played and wanted everything in one spot so it was easier to work on. It caused no issues at all.
Not sure how to translate it to the FTB Launcher, but since the options let you choose the directory, it is not an issue anymore.
 
namiasdf said:
I asked my technically inept mother where the app data and program files folder were respectively, guess which she found and didn't?

=D
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... and this proves what, exactly?

My mom wouldn't be able to find it either, but every time I visit my parents I spend the day cleaning up all the browser toolbars and rootkits she allows to be installed from the "free" game sites she visits.

Heck, I'm surprised she doesn't put all her recent pictures on her "Facebook" Wall like the old gal in that insurance commercial :D
 
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