Hi,
Sometimes I need to run vs 2005 in different user accounts (admin and limited), but I want to have 'single' ide. So I pointed the same settings file for both users. When I run ide, after it was run as different user, it tells me that is configuring settings for the first time, but actually it loads right settings not default ones.( if I add some button runing as user1 and open vs as user2 after that - the button is visible, so my gues is that everythig works ok )
Can I use this config
Won't break in future
How about settings file compatibility for example between vs 2005 C++ express and vs 2005 pro
thanks
Vilius
Environment settings sharing between users ?
scottcable
Well, this wasn't a designed feature, but after thinking about it for a few minutes, and since you say it worked for you, I would say it's OK to use this. Note that there may be some settings that are not correctly shared in this scenario. The reason is that it is optional for packages to contribute to the settings APIs. Most Microsoft packages implement settings import/export, but it is not mandatory. Other settings may be saved in auxilliary files or in the registry.
You cannot share settings like this between different "AppIDs" (VC++ Express and VS Pro, for example) because they use different filenames.