Vista and ProgramData

Question

What is the right place to store program data files which are the same for every user but have to be writeable for the program? What would be the equivalent location on MS W

Answer 1

SHGetFolderPath() with CSIDL of CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA.

Read more at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762181(VS.85).aspx

If you need the path in a batch file, you can also use the %ALLUSERSPROFILE% environment variable.