PCWorks: Windows filing system (formally "Re-installing Firefox")

> From: Hugh Vandervoort
> This "all over the place" filing is what
allows XP to have different 
> Desktops, favorites, programs etc. for each user. For a
single user it 
> doesn't make much difference, but when there's more
than one, it's 
> important. I saw your comment about "All
users". There's no need to mess 
> with that folder at all. It just controls which
programs are available to 
> "All users", like AV programs and such.
This allows you to keep your 
> Playboy viewer program unavailable to your wife,
girlfriend, etc.

I know what you are saying, Hugh. And it's my lunacy that
has to have all 
programs listed in one place. So in "Documents and
Settings" I moved 
everything from "All Users" to
"Computer_Owner" with no apparent loss; it's 
just nice to know where everything is. There's no Playboy
material here but 
*periodically* I do keep certain files that I should know
better not to 
have; I keep them encrypt (or is it encrypted?) using
Cryptext ... and when 
Cryptext gets tired (happens when resources are low), I have
PMEncrypt as a 
backup (both excellent for what they are supposed to do).
Anyway, my wife is 
a totally non-user of computers (she's the people-person in
the family). As 
for the g/f business, program, applet, whatever; that should
be excellent 
for whatever ails my own system ... that's when such a
program is available 


So as a result of all the good advice from PCWorks, Firefox
is totally 
re-installed, the font size is improved, the "logging
on" problem is taken 
care of, Notepad+ is working fine ... all is well with the
computer. A few 
more questions later on.

> > Originally from Harold
> > It's not easy to understand the Windows filing
system in that one would 
> > think that Firefox (or any of the many folders I
have in "Application 
> > Data"), would be in one place; like in
Program Files; that would make 
> > sense. Here in XP one has the same program all
over the place. 
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