> (Incidentally, since most Windows users at home run as administrator, they have access to the system configurations). Most UNIX users at home have sudo permi

> (Incidentally, since most Windows users at home run as administrator, they have access to the system configurations). Most UNIX users at home have sudo permissions - unless someone else is using you're computer there's no difference in typing a password compared to confirming a UAC prompt. As part of the registry clutter backlash there has been a tendency for Windows applications to store settings in user or system-wide app data directories. I'm still not convinced by the move, but obviously it's the only way to achieve portable installs without using two different storage backends to support it.