Rene Rivera wrote:
Jeff Flinn wrote:
I'm not sure "libs", or "Libraries", or "Library Files", fits in this case because we are talking about both programs(bjam, wave, etc.) and libraries. And the other examples, Python, MinGW, etc. also install programs. A more appropriate location would be:
"\Development Files\Boost" "\Development Files\Python" "\Development Files\MinGW" ...
Although the shorter "\Development\*" would probably works as well. But if we are talking about such a location you need to consider language localization, in the same way as "Program Files" treated.
Just two more agruments for %ProgramFiles%: On Windows %ProgramFiles% is more like %Packages%. Anything what is installed usually goes there. Even non-programs like MSDN or Platform SDK. And root has the same access permissions like %ProgramFiles%, hasn't it? On security-restricted machine the only place which is always write-enabled is %USERPROFILE%/%HOME%. I agree with rest arguments against ProgramFiles, but I think that ProgramFiles and \libs are equally better than c:\ I wonder, if it's hardcoded c:, or %SystemDrive%? Andrey