BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  How can I replace "Borland Studio Projects" with something e          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi Installation View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Fernando Madruga Guest Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 3:03 am    Post subject: How can I replace "Borland Studio Projects" with something e I've looked in the registry and inside files and still there must be some kind of "Hiden" place where BDS 2006 keeps that string; can it be changed, or do I have to live with it? I surely don't like *not* to be in control of what goes on in my computer, but if there's no other way... I've created a user override for $(BDS) and added another $(DEV) to use in path dialogs instead, and most things work, but New Projects still "want" to be placed there... Thanks, Fernando Madruga Hint for Borland or the new company: next version, create a reg setting and allow the user to choose WHERE that folder goes and how it's named! Just because I'm running XP, doesn't mean I want EVERYTHING inside My Documents... Back to top Jeff Overcash (TeamB) Guest Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 2:03 pm    Post subject: Re: How can I replace "Borland Studio Projects" with somethi Fernando Madruga wrote: Quote: I've looked in the registry and inside files and still there must be some kind of "Hiden" place where BDS 2006 keeps that string; can it be changed, or do I have to live with it? I surely don't like *not* to be in control of what goes on in my computer, but if there's no other way... Not hidden at all. Tools | Options | Environment options | Environment variables. Override BDSPROJECTSDIR. That should do it. Back to top Fernando Madruga Guest Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:03 pm    Post subject: Re: How can I replace "Borland Studio Projects" with somethi Quote: Not hidden at all. Tools | Options | Environment options | Environment variables. Override BDSPROJECTSDIR. That should do it. Not quite: it's not hidden, but in some cases it's ignored... I did that as the very 1st thing I tried, but when I start a new project I still get prompted to save it into "...\Borland Studio Projects\Project name", therefore completely ignoring the override... I would rather have source code for projects *not* in my Documents folder, but I'm starting to believe it won't be possible... Thanks anyway, Fernando Madruga Back to top Fernando Madruga Guest Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:04 pm    Post subject: Re: How can I replace "Borland Studio Projects" with somethi Charles Appel wrote: Quote: "Fernando Madruga" <Fernando.Madruga (AT) POBox (DOT) com> wrote in message news:43f89a54$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Not quite: it's not hidden, but in some cases it's ignored... I did that as the very 1st thing I tried, but when I start a new project I still get prompted to save it into "...\Borland Studio Projects\Project name", therefore completely ignoring the override... I would rather have source code for projects not in my Documents folder, but I'm starting to believe it won't be possible... Even though it prompts you to save it there, there is no reason why you can't save it in another directory. I keep my D2006 projects in subdirectories under "My Documents\My Programs\D10 W32" or "My Documents\My Programs\D10.NET" depending on the project type. Yes, that is true, but since it keeps on re-creating that folder, I decided to give up and use it instead. "If you can't beat them, join them..." Also, some 3rd party utilities have trouble when the "Borland Studio Projects\Bpl" is not there, so until Borland, or the new company, decide to allow customizing that folder and implement a reg key or something that other tools/installers can read to find out where that folder is stored, I'm simply doing things "their" way and have now modified my backup procedure to exclude that folder, as it has a different backup schedule than "My Documents". Later, Fernando Madruga Back to top Charles Appel Guest Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:04 pm    Post subject: Re: How can I replace "Borland Studio Projects" with somethi "Fernando Madruga" <Fernando.Madruga (AT) POBox (DOT) com> wrote in message news:43f89a54$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: Not quite: it's not hidden, but in some cases it's ignored... I did that as the very 1st thing I tried, but when I start a new project I still get prompted to save it into "...\Borland Studio Projects\Project name", therefore completely ignoring the override... I would rather have source code for projects *not* in my Documents folder, but I'm starting to believe it won't be possible... Even though it prompts you to save it there, there is no reason why you can't save it in another directory. I keep my D2006 projects in subdirectories under "My Documents\My Programs\D10 W32" or "My Documents\My Programs\D10.NET" depending on the project type. -- Charles Appel http://charlesappel.home.mindspring.com/ Home of Chuck's Poker Libraries for Delphi, Chuck's Video Poker and Chuck's Toys Back to top Guest Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:03 pm    Post subject: Re: How can I replace "Borland Studio Projects" with somethi "Fernando Madruga" <Fernando.Madruga (AT) POBox (DOT) com> wrote in message news:43f9e44c (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: Charles Appel wrote: Yes, that is true, but since it keeps on re-creating that folder, I decided to give up and use it instead. "If you can't beat them, join them..." It's ok to me to have my own projects there, but, since I use two accounts for using BDP I would liked to have all bpl-files in a common area for all users, like \My Documents\All users\Shared Documents\BDS 4.0\bpl Would that be possible in future versions of BPL (if there are being some new versions made in future)? Back to top Guest Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:03 pm    Post subject: Re: How can I replace "Borland Studio Projects" with somethi <alf.christophersen (AT) medisinuio (DOT) no> wrote in message news:43fc914f$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: It's ok to me to have my own projects there, but, since I use two accounts for using BDP I would liked to have all bpl-files in a common area for all users, like \My Documents\All users\Shared Documents\BDS 4.0\bpl Another reason is also that if several users use the same components installed, copying lots of these for each user consume a lot of hard disk space. Not everyone has a 100 GB harddisk on his/her laptop. Back to top Tim McKay Guest Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:03 am    Post subject: Re: How can I replace "Borland Studio Projects" with somethi Hi Fernando, Can't help but to agree that the default to My Documents is a bit annoying... What I have found is that I've 1/2 given in to this... I used to manually change my folders to \temp\ for all my prototyping and temp code, but now I just let BDS do it's little thing and it's happy to put junk there. Every couple of weeks, I manually go in an blast it all away. Everything I need to keep is put into dev folders on my server so that our production code is not mixed up with my own testing mix. later, Tim "Fernando Madruga" <Fernando.Madruga (AT) POBox (DOT) com> wrote in message news:43f89a54$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: Not hidden at all. Tools | Options | Environment options | Environment variables. Override BDSPROJECTSDIR. That should do it. Not quite: it's not hidden, but in some cases it's ignored... I did that as the very 1st thing I tried, but when I start a new project I still get prompted to save it into "...\Borland Studio Projects\Project name", therefore completely ignoring the override... I would rather have source code for projects *not* in my Documents folder, but I'm starting to believe it won't be possible... Thanks anyway, Fernando Madruga Back to top Gerard van der Pol Guest Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 2:09 pm    Post subject: Re: How can I replace "Borland Studio Projects" with somethi There is a key to solve this. In BDS folder in HKEY_CURRENT_USER you will find a Globals key; The key/value to look for is "DefaultProjectsDirectory", if it is not there, just add a new String Value with this name and point to your directory; Works also for Delphi2005; "Tim McKay" <tm1234567 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:440946f1$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: Hi Fernando, Can't help but to agree that the default to My Documents is a bit annoying... What I have found is that I've 1/2 given in to this... I used to manually change my folders to \temp\ for all my prototyping and temp code, but now I just let BDS do it's little thing and it's happy to put junk there. Every couple of weeks, I manually go in an blast it all away. Everything I need to keep is put into dev folders on my server so that our production code is not mixed up with my own testing mix. later, Tim "Fernando Madruga" <Fernando.Madruga (AT) POBox (DOT) com> wrote in message news:43f89a54$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Not hidden at all. Tools | Options | Environment options | Environment variables. Override BDSPROJECTSDIR. That should do it. Not quite: it's not hidden, but in some cases it's ignored... I did that as the very 1st thing I tried, but when I start a new project I still get prompted to save it into "...\Borland Studio Projects\Project name", therefore completely ignoring the override... I would rather have source code for projects *not* in my Documents folder, but I'm starting to believe it won't be possible... 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