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[was_jaclaz]

While on my errrands on the net, I found this one:
http://www.codeproje...ialFolders.aspx

Here is the output of the app on XP (Italian):
[codebox] SF# Special Folder Name Path ---- ------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 000) Desktop C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Desktop 001) Internet ==> Virtual Folder, does not exist. 002) Programs C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Menu Avvio\Programmi 003) Controls ==> Virtual Folder, does not exist. 004) Printers ==> Virtual Folder, does not exist. 005) Personal C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Documenti 006) Favorites C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Preferiti 007) Startup C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Menu Avvio\Programmi\Esecuzione automatica 008) Recent C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Recent 009) SendTo C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\SendTo 010) BitBucket ==> Virtual Folder, does not exist. 011) StartMenu C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Menu Avvio 012) MyDocuments ==> Physical Folder, not created. 013) MyMusic C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Documenti\Musica 014) MyVideo ==> Physical Folder, not created. 016) DesktopDirectory C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Desktop 017) Drives ==> Virtual Folder, does not exist. 018) Network ==> Virtual Folder, does not exist. 019) Nethood C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Risorse di rete 020) Fonts C:\WINDOWS\Fonts 021) Templates C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Modelli 022) CommonStartMenu C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Menu Avvio 023) CommonPrograms C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Menu Avvio\Programmi 024) CommonStartup C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Menu Avvio\Programmi\Esecuzione automatica 025) CommonDesktopDirectory C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop 026) AppData C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Dati applicazioni 027) Printhood C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Risorse di stampa 028) LocalAppdata C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Impostazioni locali\Dati applicazioni 029) AltStartup ==> Physical Folder, not created. 030) CommonAltStartup ==> Physical Folder, not created. 031) CommonFavorites C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Preferiti 032) InternetCache C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Impostazioni locali\Temporary Internet Files 033) Cookies C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Cookies 034) History C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Impostazioni locali\Cronologia 035) CommonAppData C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni 036) Windows C:\WINDOWS 037) System C:\WINDOWS\system32 038) ProgramFiles C:\Programmi 039) MyPictures C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Documenti\Immagini 040) Profile C:\Documents and Settings\Utente 041) SystemX86 C:\WINDOWS\system32 042) ProgramFilesX86 ==> Physical Folder, not created. 043) CommonProgramFiles C:\Programmi\File comuni 044) CommonProgramFilesX86 ==> Physical Folder, not created. 045) CommonTemplates C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Modelli 046) CommonDocuments C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documenti 047) CommonAdminTools C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Menu Avvio\Programmi\Strumenti di amministrazione 048) AdminTools ==> Physical Folder, not created. 049) Connections ==> Virtual Folder, does not exist. 053) CommonMusic C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documenti\Musica 054) CommonPictures C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documenti\Immagini 055) CommonVideo C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documenti\Video 056) Resources C:\WINDOWS\resources 057) ResourcesLocalized ==> Physical Folder, not created. 058) CommonOEMLinks ==> Virtual Folder, does not exist. 059) CDBurnArea C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Impostazioni locali\Dati applicazioni\Microsoft\Masterizzazione CD 061) ComputersNearMe ==> Virtual Folder, does not exist. 062) Profiles ==> Physical Folder, not created. [/codebox] Possibly not "perfect", but maybe it could be an idea to avoid at least part of the multilingual problems I seem to understand can happen.

As always for my semi-random ideas, simply disregard it if unneeded/unuseful.

jaclaz

[pscEx]

[quote name='jaclaz' post='65488' date='Apr 21 2009, 05:05 PM']While on my errrands on the net, I found this one:
[url="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/winsdk/SpecialFolders.aspx"]http://www.codeproje...ialFolders.aspx[/url]

Here is the output of the app on XP (Italian):
[codebox] SF# Special Folder Name Path ---- ------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 000) Desktop C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Desktop 001) Internet ==> Virtual Folder, does not exist. 002) Programs C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Menu Avvio\Programmi 003) Controls ==> Virtual Folder, does not exist. 004) Printers ==> Virtual Folder, does not exist. 005) Personal C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Documenti 006) Favorites C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Preferiti 007) Startup C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Menu Avvio\Programmi\Esecuzione automatica 008) Recent C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Recent 009) SendTo C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\SendTo 010) BitBucket ==> Virtual Folder, does not exist. 011) StartMenu C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Menu Avvio 012) MyDocuments ==> Physical Folder, not created. 013) MyMusic C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Documenti\Musica 014) MyVideo ==> Physical Folder, not created. 016) DesktopDirectory C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Desktop 017) Drives ==> Virtual Folder, does not exist. 018) Network ==> Virtual Folder, does not exist. 019) Nethood C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Risorse di rete 020) Fonts C:\WINDOWS\Fonts 021) Templates C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Modelli 022) CommonStartMenu C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Menu Avvio 023) CommonPrograms C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Menu Avvio\Programmi 024) CommonStartup C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Menu Avvio\Programmi\Esecuzione automatica 025) CommonDesktopDirectory C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop 026) AppData C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Dati applicazioni 027) Printhood C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Risorse di stampa 028) LocalAppdata C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Impostazioni locali\Dati applicazioni 029) AltStartup ==> Physical Folder, not created. 030) CommonAltStartup ==> Physical Folder, not created. 031) CommonFavorites C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Preferiti 032) InternetCache C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Impostazioni locali\Temporary Internet Files 033) Cookies C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Cookies 034) History C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Impostazioni locali\Cronologia 035) CommonAppData C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni 036) Windows C:\WINDOWS 037) System C:\WINDOWS\system32 038) ProgramFiles C:\Programmi 039) MyPictures C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Documenti\Immagini 040) Profile C:\Documents and Settings\Utente 041) SystemX86 C:\WINDOWS\system32 042) ProgramFilesX86 ==> Physical Folder, not created. 043) CommonProgramFiles C:\Programmi\File comuni 044) CommonProgramFilesX86 ==> Physical Folder, not created. 045) CommonTemplates C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Modelli 046) CommonDocuments C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documenti 047) CommonAdminTools C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Menu Avvio\Programmi\Strumenti di amministrazione 048) AdminTools ==> Physical Folder, not created. 049) Connections ==> Virtual Folder, does not exist. 053) CommonMusic C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documenti\Musica 054) CommonPictures C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documenti\Immagini 055) CommonVideo C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documenti\Video 056) Resources C:\WINDOWS\resources 057) ResourcesLocalized ==> Physical Folder, not created. 058) CommonOEMLinks ==> Virtual Folder, does not exist. 059) CDBurnArea C:\Documents and Settings\Utente\Impostazioni locali\Dati applicazioni\Microsoft\Masterizzazione CD 061) ComputersNearMe ==> Virtual Folder, does not exist. 062) Profiles ==> Physical Folder, not created. [/codebox] Possibly not "perfect", but maybe it could be an idea to avoid at least part of the multilingual problems I seem to understand can happen. As always for my semi-random ideas, simply disregard it if unneeded/unuseful. jaclaz[/quote] The point here is, that you query the language dependent folder names on your local PC. When you create a PE, you have to use the language dependent folder names on the target PE (depending on your source CD they may be different from that ones on your local PC).

In nativeEx based projects this is done by reading, extracting, etc. the files on the source CD which in a real installation define these folder names.

For non-nativeEx projects (sorry allanf) I have no opinion.

Peter

[was_jaclaz]

The point here is, that you query the language dependent folder names on your local PC.

Yep, I know.

But I would say that 99% of people have a licence for the SAME source (and language) they are building on.

Consequently it's not a "perfect" solution, but could be an option covering a large part of the intended audience.

As said it was just an idea....

jaclaz

[pscEx]

But I would say that 99% of people have a licence for the SAME source (and language) they are building on.

Consequently it's not a "perfect" solution, but could be an option covering a large part of the intended audience.

And it could be an option for the projects, which currently do not or cannot respect the actual language.

Peter