Comments on: Keeping The Windows Vista User Folder Clean http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/windows/keeping-the-windows-vista-user-folder-clean on applications, desktop and Terminal Server deployment, virtualisation and more Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:57:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Aaron Parker http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/windows/keeping-the-windows-vista-user-folder-clean/comment-page-1#comment-13700 Aaron Parker Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:09:05 +0000 http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/?p=699#comment-13700 Glad to hear I could help James. Glad to hear I could help James.

]]> By: James http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/windows/keeping-the-windows-vista-user-folder-clean/comment-page-1#comment-13699 James Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:05:00 +0000 http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/?p=699#comment-13699 Thanks Aaron, just stumbled across this. Very useful, although it occurs to me that just hiding all folders that aren't supposed to be viewed by the user might be a simpler solution? To Nusi, if you ban programs from the profile folder AND the documents folder, where are programs going to dump their crap? Poor programs, nobody is their friend. ;) Thanks Aaron, just stumbled across this. Very useful, although it occurs to me that just hiding all folders that aren’t supposed to be viewed by the user might be a simpler solution?

To Nusi, if you ban programs from the profile folder AND the documents folder, where are programs going to dump their crap? Poor programs, nobody is their friend. ;)

]]> By: Nusi http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/windows/keeping-the-windows-vista-user-folder-clean/comment-page-1#comment-13617 Nusi Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:16:45 +0000 http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/?p=699#comment-13617 Actually, it's not only %USERPROFILE% where applications create their data in, also %USERPROFILE%\Documents is infected by that illness. I want to place my documents to this place because it seems someone has designed that folder to be the folder for my documents. And it's me who defines what a document is and what not. However, some applications create their own folder there (like "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Gas Powered Games" or "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Visual Studio 2008". It's sad that I need an application that blocks applications from creating files and folders there. Actually, it’s not only %USERPROFILE% where applications create their data in, also %USERPROFILE%\Documents is infected by that illness. I want to place my documents to this place because it seems someone has designed that folder to be the folder for my documents. And it’s me who defines what a document is and what not.
However, some applications create their own folder there (like “%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Gas Powered Games” or “%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Visual Studio 2008″.
It’s sad that I need an application that blocks applications from creating files and folders there.

]]> By: Aaron Parker http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/windows/keeping-the-windows-vista-user-folder-clean/comment-page-1#comment-13616 Aaron Parker Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:34:29 +0000 http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/?p=699#comment-13616 I've updated the post with some additional reasoning: "This location in the UI replaces the Documents folder as the top level navigation tool but it essentially gives you a view of the user profile (%USERPROFILE%). As such, this location cannot be redirected to the network, so it would be advantageous to prevent users from adding data to this folder - otherwise you will need to manage that data." I’ve updated the post with some additional reasoning: “This location in the UI replaces the Documents folder as the top level navigation tool but it essentially gives you a view of the user profile (%USERPROFILE%). As such, this location cannot be redirected to the network, so it would be advantageous to prevent users from adding data to this folder – otherwise you will need to manage that data.”

]]> By: asf http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/windows/keeping-the-windows-vista-user-folder-clean/comment-page-1#comment-13615 asf Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:43:41 +0000 http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/?p=699#comment-13615 You might like a clean profile folder, but why FORCE this on your poor users? You might like a clean profile folder, but why FORCE this on your poor users?

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