Re: Installing PostgreSQL on Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 64bit - first results

Holger Hoffstaette wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:10:26 +0900, ITAGAKI Takahiro wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure which directory should we create $PGDATA -- "My Documents",
>> "Application Data", "Local Settings" or direct child of %USERPROFILE%, but
>> anyway some of them would be better than "Program Files".
>
> %USERNAME%/%APPDATA%
>
> These variables exist for good reasons..

Yes. For user apps. They pretty much suck for services.

//Magnus