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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Let's postpone this discussion maybe until the 10th when Wayne is back at
it.

On Sat, Jul 7, 2018, 10:33 PM Mark Roszko <mark.roszko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> So with 5.0 approaching theres something of an annoying problem on
> windows (that many are complaining about). The install location!
> Currently, even though you can install kicad into separate folders if
> you wanted to, kicad still tries to write to the same appdata folder!
>
> Why would you want both the new and old? Because if you want to tweak
> a old design, you don't want to risk opening it in newer versions and
> having unforseen bugs. New designs sure, you really want to use the
> latest and greatest, but the old is a risk not worth taking,
> especially in the commercial field ;)
>
> Also there is a settings conflicts between 4.0 and 5.0 sharing appdata.
>
> I've seen some kicad forum "workarounds" where they use launcher
> scripts that set KICAD_CONFIG_HOME each time. While it works, its
> completely against the windows way :3
>
>
> What I propose, is we patch KiCad a little to:
>
> 1. Write to appdata in a versioned manner (just minor and maybe minor
> version)
> C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\kicad 4.0\
> C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\kicad 5.0\
> C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\kicad 6.0\
>
> 2. Potentially prompt the user on first-start to copy settings.
> (Maybe? Might be too much work for the final 5.0)
>
> Then we patch the installer to follow the convention of:
> C:\Program Files\KiCad 4.0\
> C:\Program Files\KiCad 5.0\
> C:\Program Files\KiCad 6.0\
>
> This would do what every other CAD and IDE does on Windows (versioned
> installs).
>
> But what if people want to install in crazier ways ?!
> Well then that should beyond the scope of the "standard" installs and
> they are on their own. (Just like other tools)
>
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