[tor-bugs] #7956 [Tor]: Tor uses Roaming (remote) AppData, not Local

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#7956: Tor uses Roaming (remote) AppData, not Local
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks                                                  |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect                                                       |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  major                                                        |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor                                                          |        Version:  Tor: unspecified  
 Keywords:  tor-client win32 023-backport AppData Roaming Local Windows  |         Parent:                    
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Comment(by cypherpunks):

 (not OP)

 Maybe a three step approach?

 1) If specified on command line, then use as told
 2) If not, check if in Roaming, if so, then create necessary folders in
 Local and warn the user that they should manually move the files
 themselves and delete the folder in Roaming
 3) If not in Roaming, then check Local, use or create files there

 The other option for 2) is to just do a hard cut-over and have some
 warnings to the user that it's happening. The issue with this is that it
 doesn't give the user an opportunity to continue using the old files. Or
 Tor could copy everything itself and delete the folder in Roaming, which
 may not be a terrible idea given the situation, either.

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