[tor-bugs] #7956 [Tor]: Tor uses Roaming (remote) %APPDATA% instead of %LOCALAPPDATA% (was: Tor uses Roaming (remote) AppData, not Local)

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#7956: Tor uses Roaming (remote) %APPDATA% instead of %LOCALAPPDATA%
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:
  cypherpunks            |     Status:  new
         Type:  defect   |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.5.x-final
     Priority:  major    |    Version:  Tor: unspecified
    Component:  Tor      |   Keywords:  tor-client win32 024-backport
   Resolution:           |  AppData Roaming Local Windows
Actual Points:           |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by GITNE):

 I have been thinking about the migration problem today a little bit more
 and it occured to me that putting migration code into the installer only
 will not solve the problem for users who run Tor under an arbitrary
 account in the {{{Users}}} security group. So, those users would be
 screwed or would have to move thier {{{%APPDATA%\tor}}} folder to
 {{{%LOCALAPPDATA%}}} manually. Although nobody should do this because it
 is against best practice, some users may still have done so.

 The Windows TBB may be affected by it too if it does not install Tor as a
 service (I have not used nor installed it so I have no idea. Hence I am
 just hypothesizing here).

 Btw, this problem would not have existed if Tor had been adapted to
 Windows correctly in the first place... :(

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