Settings saved in wrong place (WinXP)

[David]

Hi,

Currently Virtualbox save its settings here:
%userprofile%\.VirtualBox

Unfortunately, this is the wrong place under Windows XP. Applications are supposed to store their settings, etc. in %appdata%.

So it should be this way:
%appdata%\.VirtualBox

And, by the way, on a Windows system it's a bit unusual to use folder names with a leading dot (okay, I am a bit fussy now).

Therefore, to be even more Windows-like, it should be:
%appdata%\VirtualBox

[Annihilator]

I'd like to escalate this a bit at this point, since there's been one major and a number of major releases between when this bug was first posted and now. There's also a bigger problem than just appearances, which the original poster didn't mention, which would imply a priority above trivial.

Namely, since the config folder doesn't follow MS AppSpec defined conventions, it fails to be redirected when AppData redirection is used. This can be a real issue to a huge number of Enterprise users.

[Peter Hendricks]

Folder names beginning with a dot are semi-illegal in Windows. Try to create one under XP: "Rename: You must type a file name."