vista wxMkdir Topic is solved

[spectrum]

hello all,

i need some help with a probaly classic rights/security Vista issue.
I designed my application that in case of some events, i write some messages in a log.txt (i create the folder/file if it not exist).

I decided to create it in the application path:

C:\Program Files\MyApp\bin\archive\logs\log.txt"

So first of all i create the "logs" folder if missing, then i create the file.

All work fine in XP, until Vista "unfortunate" improvements.

On vista, wxMkdir issue a dialogbox the following error:

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Directory 'C:\Program Files\MyApp\bin/archive//logs/" couldn't be created (error 183: cannot create a file when that file already exist)"

Now the mistery: no "logs" folder was existing or has been created at all in any place, "search" don't find nothing in all "C:\".
I suspect on some vista rights issue.

Every help is very appreciated.

[doublemax]

unless you're running as Administrator, you don't have write access to the "program files" directory (not even your own) and you shouldn't do that.

Use wxStandardPaths::GetUserLocalDataDir (or whatever directory fits better)

And if you try to write to it, Vista's directory virtualization will step in and redirect the access to another directory.
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb756960.aspx

[spectrum]

many thanks !

[Auria]

Please accept the post that helped you and not yours. Thanks