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hey! my sample won’t build in Program Files on Vista

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Windows SDK samples are installed by default (you can change this during setup) under the current user’s Program Files folder in the following path:

\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0\samples

On Vista, samples that install to \Program Files are read only, ensuring that samples are preserved in a pristine state. In order to write to a sample, you’ll need to copy that sample to another location.

We made this decision after polling users and MVPs. What’s your opinion? Should samples install to a writeable location in future SDK releases?

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  • Anonymous
    November 26, 2006
    I like having the samples in a pristine state. I have a dir C:test just for throwaway projects, and I copy a sample there if I want to play with it/build it.

  • Anonymous
    November 27, 2006
    Thanks for your input, Mike.  I'm looking at this now for SDKs we have in the pipeline and it's good to know what users like.

  • Anonymous
    February 07, 2007
    Are you building apps for Vista yet or messing around with the great selection of new samples in the