[LAD] RFC: Default discovery paths for LADSPA, LRDF, LV2 and DSSI (and more?)

[Ralf Mardorf]

Chris Cannam wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Jeff McClintock<jef at synthedit.com> wrote:
>   
>> Windows has official rules for this.  Users are no longer allowed to add
>> random files to an application's directory in "/Program Files/Appname".
>>     
>
> Oh!  This is news to me -- interesting news too, given that I
> distribute Windows versions of SV without an installer and just expect
> the user to copy it to %ProgramFiles% if they want it to go there, and
> that it only looks in immediate subdirectories of %ProgramFiles% for
> plugins of any sort.
>
> I don't recall anyone complaining to me that they couldn't install
> plugins for it -- maybe this just means nobody is using it?!
>
> Can you point to any documentation for this?  I'd like to know what
> other rules I might be falling afoul of.
>
>   
>> User installed plugins go in CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON , e.g. typically
>> "C:\Program Files\Common Files\LADSPA Plugins..."
>>     
>
> I don't suppose you happen to know whether any Windows-based LADSPA
> hosts are actually using this path?
>
>
> Chris
 I'm going to delete my Windows installation, but if I can help by 
keeping it and you ask me explicit to test some behaviour I will do it.

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