On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 18:32:20 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
<not-me@other.invalid> wrote:
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>That said, I understand that Vista restricts programs from writing in the
>two program file directory trees "Program Files" and "Program Files (x86)".
>
>Try putting .ini files in a place such as:
> C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\YourProgram
>
>Replace UserName and YourProgram by appropriate values, natch.[/color]

My thoughts too. I'd actually look at Vista another way: assume you
can't write anywhere except in the current user's directory and you
will be mostly on target.