[Bug 165906] New: user settings are saved to the wrong place for Windows

[Downhill Games]

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           Summary: user settings are saved to the wrong place for Windows
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
        OS/Version: MS Windows
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs kde org
        ReportedBy: downhillgames gmail com


Version:            (using KDE 4.0.83)
Installed from:    MS Windows Binaries
OS:                MS Windows

I'm filing this as a bug because it is not the correct behavior for the platform (Windows (at least Windows XP)).

The _user_ settings for KDE4 applications on Windows store to %drive%\%docsandsettings%\%user%\ instead of storing to ...\%user%\Application Data, which is where per-user application settings are stored on Windows. So, _my_ settings for Marble should be in

C:\Documents and Settings\myusername\Application Data\.marble\

but as-is it's stored to

C:\Documents and Settings\myusername\.marble\

which isn't correct. Adding more paths in backup utilities, etc. just for the KDE4 stuff is kind of odd, rather than it just getting included with the rest of the Windows applications in Application Data.

Thanks for reading,
-DHG