Re: [Bug-gnubg] .gnubgautorc under windows

[Holger]

At 11:54 13.10.2003, Jon Kinsey wrote:
> At 22:31 11/10/2003, Joern Thyssen wrote:
> > A number of users have complained about gnubg for windows writing the
> > settings file (and player statistics, boards, etc.) to the install
> > directory.
> >
> > Any ideas on how to change this? Under unix the environment variable
> > $HOME points to the user's home directory. Is there a similar
> > environment variable under windows that point to C:\Document and
> > Settings\username\?
>
> On windows 2000 and windows XP, USERPROFILE points to this directory, not 
> sure if it's the same on 95/98.

No it doesn't exist at least on Win95. Imho it will certainly also depend 
on whether Windows is configured for multi-user access or just one standard 
user for everybody. The appropriate directories will not even exist.

Regards,

        Holger


From http://www.microsoft.com/office/project/prk/2000/Three/45t3_8.htm :
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Defining environment variables in Windows 95/98

Windows 95/98 does not create the %USERPROFILE% environment variable 
automatically. You must create and define this variable manually so that it 
resolves to the correct location for each user.

To create the %USERPROFILE% environment variable for Windows 95/98 clients, 
use a Windows NT logon script for your users. The logon script processor 
does not directly support environment variables, but the Winset.exe utility 
allows you to create global environment variables from a batch file — 
including a logon script. When Windows 95/98 clients log on to the network, 
the environment variable %USERNAME% exists temporarily — long enough for 
your settings to be installed on users’ computers.

Use the following syntax to create the environment variable when you log on:

<path>\Winset.exe USERPROFILE=%windir%\Profiles\%USERNAME%

If user profiles are not enabled on the Windows 95/98 computer, you must 
also include the commands to create the Profiles folder and the %USERNAME%. 
In this case, use the following syntax:

cd %windir%
md Profiles
md Profiles\"%USERNAME%"
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