Root/home/user/.FBReader/ directory on Windows -- what? [modified -- solved] [modified]
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Hello everyone -- I have a multi-platform program that stores it's configuration files in the root/home/user directory (when on Linux/Mac), but I couldn't find it anywhere on Windows. So, I trust the handy-dandy search utility to find it for me and get the following directory: Root/home/user/.FBReader with the configuration files. I've been able to save a shortcut to the directory, but for the life of me, I can't figure out where the actual directory is on Windows. Anyone have any ideas of where this thing is? Thanks, Mike [edit] See my post below for complete answer -- short answer, it was in a ZIP file. [/edit]
modified on Thursday, April 9, 2009 11:54 PM
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Hello everyone -- I have a multi-platform program that stores it's configuration files in the root/home/user directory (when on Linux/Mac), but I couldn't find it anywhere on Windows. So, I trust the handy-dandy search utility to find it for me and get the following directory: Root/home/user/.FBReader with the configuration files. I've been able to save a shortcut to the directory, but for the life of me, I can't figure out where the actual directory is on Windows. Anyone have any ideas of where this thing is? Thanks, Mike [edit] See my post below for complete answer -- short answer, it was in a ZIP file. [/edit]
modified on Thursday, April 9, 2009 11:54 PM
Perhaps the APPDATA environment variable? APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\xxxx\Application Data
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Perhaps the APPDATA environment variable? APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\xxxx\Application Data
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Perhaps the APPDATA environment variable? APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\xxxx\Application Data
Thanks! I hadn't thought of that. So, I went looking. Nope. Learned some of where other apps are sticking stuff, so that's good. Weird thing is, I can't edit or drag & drop any of the files from the explorer window, but I CAN copy them (with the right-click) and then get to them. Very odd. When I search all of my drives for a 'fbreader' directory, it comes back with nothing. I thought that, maybe, there might be a Root or home or user node in the registry somewhere. No such luck. Searched for the FBReader and found where it seems it's storing some data, but not what I'm looking for. I'll keep poking at it and see what I can find. Mike
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Hello everyone -- I have a multi-platform program that stores it's configuration files in the root/home/user directory (when on Linux/Mac), but I couldn't find it anywhere on Windows. So, I trust the handy-dandy search utility to find it for me and get the following directory: Root/home/user/.FBReader with the configuration files. I've been able to save a shortcut to the directory, but for the life of me, I can't figure out where the actual directory is on Windows. Anyone have any ideas of where this thing is? Thanks, Mike [edit] See my post below for complete answer -- short answer, it was in a ZIP file. [/edit]
modified on Thursday, April 9, 2009 11:54 PM
One other odd thing I found, is that the explorer window has a "Folder Tasks" option where it has "Extract all files". Also Hmmm. Is this some sort of zip file? Mike goes travelling up the tree (probably like he should have at the beginning) and finds ... Yes, it would be something like that. Mystery solved. :sigh: Turns out it was finding it IN a zip file that was a backup of my Nokia Internet Tablet, which DOES indeed have a home/user/.FBReader directory in it. So. That mystery is solved! :-D Now I just need to figure out where the program is storing the config information when on a Windows box. Back to square one!