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#*# Microsoft tell developers to put code in '''C:\Program Files''' or ''c:\Program Files (x86)'' as these are read only folders except when software is being installed, and Microsoft tells developers to put data files for that software in '''c:\ProgramData''' | #*# Microsoft tell developers to put code in '''C:\Program Files''' or ''c:\Program Files (x86)'' as these are read only folders except when software is being installed, and Microsoft tells developers to put data files for that software in '''c:\ProgramData''' | ||
#*# Cumulus MX has not been developed in accordance with those Microsoft specific rules | #*# Cumulus MX has not been developed in accordance with those Microsoft specific rules | ||
#*# Consequently, if you did wrongly install MX in the above hierarchy, the read-only rule would mean that Microsoft stores any files that MX updates in say the [[Data folder|data sub-folder]] after the software installation into ''C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\CumulusMX\data'' (and similar redirection for other sub-folders) | #*# Consequently, if you did wrongly install MX in the above hierarchy, the read-only rule would mean that Microsoft stores any files that MX updates in another place and MX would not find them, here are two examples: | ||
#*# The problem then is that your Microsoft Windows computer now has two "data" (and other) sub-folders, | #*#* When you use the Settings pages in MX, instead of creating/updating a [[Cumulus.ini]] file in the same folder as "CumulusMX.exe", Microsoft would create/update the file in ''C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\CumulusMX\Cumulus.ini'' | ||
#*#* As MX runs, instead of creating files in say the [[Data folder|data sub-folder]], Microsoft redirects any file changes, after the software installation, into ''C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\CumulusMX\data'' (and similar redirection for other sub-folders) | |||
#*# The problem then is that your Microsoft Windows computer now has two "data" (and other) sub-folders, but MX cannot know which sub-folder to look in, (as any file not updated is in installation sub-folder, while any file that has been updated is in the redirection sub-folder). | |||