Configuration files should be placed under a single directory

[gnotaras]

Hi Jim,

First of all, thanks for this great utility. I'd like to report the following minor issue.

I've used the installer for a system-wide installation and also the portable version and I've noticed that the following are created:

• the C:\User\USERNAME\Documents\SuperPutty directory is always created, although a different directory has been set in the initial configuration dialog.
• the configuration file C:\Users\USERNAME\SuperPuTTY.settings

Plus the extra directory that is set in the configuration dialog, which contains the layouts.

It would be nice if you just added all the configuration files under C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\SuperPuTTY\, which is the expected directory for the application's configuration files.

If the various Windows versions do not use a consistent path for software configurations, I could help you by doing some research about it and report back with my findings.

Thanks in advance, George

[jimradford]

Thanks for the report George. This is a legacy issue from back in the XP days I believe. It can be changed, but some logic will have to be put in place to migrate the old configuration files. Not only for the settings file but also the Layout files. I'll see what I can do when this becomes low hanging fruit.

[gnotaras]

Hi Jim,

Thanks for your quick reply. This is indeed a very low priority issue. I submitted this report while revising my backup strategy and attempting to gather as many configuration files / key files as possible under appdata\roaming\ (...there is a long way until this point is reached). I don't really expect any change soon.

Thanks for taking it into consideration for the future and, again, thanks for this great software!

George