Chris Cason wrote:
> I'd agree this probably isn't desired behavior, there is probably a way
 to
> stop Windows doing this 

Quoting from earlier in the thread:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID
=27028822-b172-4cec-91a3-26b610a4da79

"In “per-machine” installations, user data must be writte
n at first run and 
not during the installation."

Does this mean that creating the My Documents files during first run woul
d 
be a better way of working it? You could always create the defaults in th
e 
Program Files (or whatever) directory and copy them if they don't exist. 

Would that keep them from being deleted on uninstall?

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