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On Windows, it's not up to me to decide where users will keep my stuff, and where it will work. Users decide. For a software to work fine on Windows, it must s
by Const-me 7y ago
On Windows, it's not up to me to decide where users will keep my stuff, and where it will work. Users decide.
For a software to work fine on Windows, it must support spaces in files and paths. Also Unicode in files and paths.
VBScript does, GNU Make doesn't.
> which is a terrible idea for many other reasons
If you use make to setup stuff, it's very possible you'll need to access "c:\Users\All Users" which does contain space in username. Also "c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files" which contain more than one.
- WhiteOwlLion 7y agoYou can try the 8.3 convention, DOCUME~1 Documents or <SYMLINKD> ALLUSE~1 All Users [C:\ProgramData]