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

On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:17:30 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:

> 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.

Wah? Please explain. I was under the impression that a service running
under some account has access to its profile and all the assorted things
that come with it. Is this not the case?

thanks
Holger