Re: [LAD] RFC: Default discovery paths for LADSPA, LRDF, LV2 and DSSI (and more?)

From: Chris Cannam <cannam@email-addr-hidden-day-breakfast.com>
Date: Thu Jun 25 2009 - 23:24:14 EEST

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Jeff McClintock<jef@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> Windows has official rules for this.  Users are no longer allowed to add
> random files to an application's directory in "/Program Files/Appname".

Oh! This is news to me -- interesting news too, given that I
distribute Windows versions of SV without an installer and just expect
the user to copy it to %ProgramFiles% if they want it to go there, and
that it only looks in immediate subdirectories of %ProgramFiles% for
plugins of any sort.

I don't recall anyone complaining to me that they couldn't install
plugins for it -- maybe this just means nobody is using it?!

Can you point to any documentation for this? I'd like to know what
other rules I might be falling afoul of.

> User installed plugins go in CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON , e.g. typically
> "C:\Program Files\Common Files\LADSPA Plugins..."

I don't suppose you happen to know whether any Windows-based LADSPA
hosts are actually using this path?

Chris
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