move workspace to writable directory (windows 7 x64) [+1]

[danrubel]

[user feedback]
on windows 7 x64 installs

editor fails to load due to not have -data permissions

when corrected with the -data parameter samples silently fail to load with no obvious cause

relocating the entire dart unzip to a directory other than Program Files with write permissions clears both issues

probably a significant hurdle to people new at programming on windows
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Editor Version: 6167

[danrubel]

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[clayberg]

This should be solved by a install doc change. This is a zip install, so the user can put it anywhere. They should not unzip it to the Program Files directory. If the user is an expert, they could also edit the .ini file to point to a specific workspace.

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[clayberg]

[user feedback]

Following from:
Issue #2847: move workspace to writable directory (windows 7 x64)

Can the workspace and current project/directory load configuration possibly be moved out of the Dart instal directory (wherever this is put)
I try and work with the latest Dart version (which I guess is beneficial to everyone), but it is discouraging having to recreate my preferred layout and directory load from scratch every time I copy a later Dart build.
Having an ini file or other means of pointing to user config data which could be copied without any other risk of poluting the new build would be really helpful.

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Editor Version: 7209

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Changed the title to: "move workspace to writable directory (windows 7 x64) [+1]".

[danrubel]

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[clayberg]

Issue #4458 has been merged into this issue.

[clayberg]

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[devoncarew]

We're now defaulting to putting the workspace directory in the user's home directory. On Windows, this is user.home/DartEditor. On Linux, it's user.home/.dartEditor. On the mac it's user.home/Libraries/Application Support/DartEditor.

This should address part of this issue. I think we're still making modifications in the configuration directory however.

[clayberg]

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[danrubel]

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[danrubel]

Tackle this when you can.

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[devoncarew]

Closing this one out. We do create the workspace in a writable dir - c:\Users\user\DartEditor. And for now, the editor app should not be placed in the Program Files directory.

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[clayberg]

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