C6 using tps files
SB7 dev

I used the CSIDL_COMMON_DOCUMENTS to build the paths in ini files in
SB. One points to a shared local folder and another ini file points to
a shared local network computer shared global drive that also had a SB
install. This all works in XP as I have read it should. Here is an
example that is used in a workstation Win 7 box where I have the
problem

C:\Documents and Settings\Users\Public\Documents\LocalDataFolderNam e
this is in an ini file and its purpose is to point to the local shared
folder where all users on this win7 box have data. This ini file never
gets changed after the sb install. An ini file in this shared folder
points to the global data.

this did not allow me to change the ini file in the shared sub folder
on the win 7 box because it probably did not see it

\\LapDog7\Users\Public\Documents\LocalDataFolderNa me
this does work and the ini file was changed in the shared folder on
the win7 box

pointing to the global data files on an xp computer
\\xpname\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\FolderShareName
does not work. maybe I am just assumming and that is my mistake. But I
thought this worked in XP.

pointing to the data files on an xp computer from the win7 box
\\xpname\FolderShareName
does work.

this FolderShareName is the share name created in SB7 on the xp box
and maybe when creating the share name that is all thats needed. If so
thats not the way I thought it worked with 2 xp boxes before. I have
used the unc path to point to my files in XP for testing(Ithink, it
was more than 2 days ago). But, I always mapped the drive of the
computer from the workstation pointing to the data files.

If this is the way it should be then I need to change the way I create
info in my ini files on a win7 box with my SB install and use
CSIDL_COMMON_DOCUMENTS for creating folders only because it will give
me the wrong path for my ini files.

Since I only have 1 xp box does a xp workstation pointing to a xp
shared folder also need this short path
\\xpname\FolderShareName
the same as win 7?


Jimmy