Error with the demo

mmm, not so, i have a completley stock settings windows 8 and windows 7 pc, the limited account gets full 100% access to its OWN appdata folder, of course it cant access other peoples, that would defeat the point of being a limited account, also, if your username is an admin, then your going to be accessing stuff, AS AN ADMIN, and, if its YOUR pc, and you didnt set your own account as admin, then your just an idiot -_-

 

...ok so theres atleast 3 people telling you different...but you want to keep going with it...
troll much...or just lamest?

 

First account on a fresh install is always an admin.

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I go with lamest.

 

Once again, accessing the folder doesn't equal full access. Just because you can access the folder doesn't mean you can edit it, and even if you can edit it, programs might not be able to.

 

Applications aren't allowed to write in c:\program files(x86). (unless windows is terribly misconfigured)
Applications are allowed to write in %appdata%. (to store data. that's the only reason this folder exists. the name's a clue)
BeamNG needs to write in its folder.

conclusion:
BeamNG's default install location is %appdata%.

 

wait, whut? O_O
'Applications aren't allowed to write in c:\program files(x86)'
Makes me lel so hard everytime i read it.

 

You're rude...
But still, one of the program files lets you do that the other doesn't. I'm not a software guy though. To me windows looks screwed and I would reinstall. This threads gets a nomination for ownage of the year 2014. I've only seen a few threads go back on OP so fast.

 

I hope your not theshark that helps with ror because apps can write in C:\program files(x86) that's where 32 bit programs install the regular program files is for 64 bit apps.

 

I wouldn't call it rude, I've considered this thread quite bs from the second we started arguing.
No offense is supposed to be taken

 

Oh, that's the 2 program files. Isn't program data a hidden folder? I know there is one that you don't usually touch.

 

appdata = hidden, accessible by some
program files w/(x86) = not hidden anyone can read/write to it

 

Yes, i'm theshark from RoR.
No, Applications can't write in Program files or Program Files(x86) until you give them admin rights (or completly disabled UAC (don't do this (no, really not))).

God, please stop posting.
appdata -> App(lication) Data -> Folder where Applications can store data.

 

Well, i dispute this, but oh well, it doesn't really matter.

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B..b.. golly gosh.
I'm just leaving the thread :|

 

True.

(imported from here)
What is this then? Not being rude (Sorry about that. ) Just legit confused.

 

Google it, i'm out lel

 

That's debris from windows xp.
in vista and win7 its just a hard link to %appdata%\Roaming.

 

Thanks!
Now;

 

Forget what i said above (i was talking about Application Data)

\ProgramData is global (and \Users\All Users is a hard link to \ProgramData)
%appdata% is per user
Both are for programs to save data (and therefore writeable).

There's a compilation of some of the foldervariables http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/mmpc/shared/variables.aspx

 

Whole point of appdata is that it is a location that your program can store data without requiring administrator privelages. I have personally used it for this in the past on several machines including a few where I was not administrator.