Sven Littkowski <Sve### [at] jamaica-focuscom> wrote:
> Please ignore this thread - the files were found, all at the right location. 
> I searched the wrong directory (installation directory, not My Documents). 
> The fault is purely and solely on my side.

  Maybe next time you will also learn to create backups?

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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I did already, based on this situation. Thanks!   :-D

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Sven Littkowski wrote:
> But please change the following unusual behavior: the POV-Ray binaries 
> should be installed into the My Programs folder, not into the Application 
> Data folder inside the Documents and Settings folder.

Please read what the installer tells you. Then you would know what _you_ 
told it to do so - install without administrator privileges, which prevents 
access to the install location would want it to be in.

	Thorsten

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"Sven Littkowski" <Sve### [at] Jamaica-Focuscom> wrote:

> My question is now: where are all my hundreds of scene files, which I have
> developed since the last nearly 15 years?

I'm glad to read that you found the files. What a terrifying thought, though, to
lose so much work! What a DOOMSDAY scenario!! Your example has scared me into
doing backups on a *much* more regular basis--something I tend to neglect and
forget about.

KW

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Thorsten Froehlich wrote:

> Please read what the installer tells you. Then you would know what _you_ 
> told it to do so - install without administrator privileges, which 
> prevents access to the install location would want it to be in.

But it's a rather obscure and user-unfriendly way of saying what
it will actually do, and the logic behind it requires to know about
Vistas access control mechanisms, which shouldn't be expected from
someone installing it on XP or earlier.

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Sven Littkowski wrote:
> After a new installation of POV-Ray, I wanted to do some test renders. But
> I was shocked to see, that all my scenes and sub-directories inside my
> scene folder - are gone!

Why was your *data* in Program Files?

POV-Ray/scenes is supposed to have the *sample* scene files.

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Because since older days, the POV-Ray versions stored the SCENES folder 
within the POV-Ray program folder.

But here's now the bad news: I truly lost some important files. Multiple 
times I installed the new betas, and somehow I had then two scene folders. I 
tried to catch up with this irritating MY DOCUMENTS location, and might have 
deleted files which were only in one of the two locations. So, I really lost 
a lot! I just recognize that now...

Request: I sent my complete scene files and graphics about the SPACE CARRIER 
SENECA to various people here. Is here anyone who still has those files? I 
need them back, so urgently. Thanks.

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Sven Littkowski wrote:

> I tried to catch up with this irritating MY DOCUMENTS location, and might have 
> deleted files which were only in one of the two locations.

If you simply deleted them, they might still be in your recycle bin.

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Christian Froeschlin wrote:
> Sven Littkowski wrote:
> 
>> I tried to catch up with this irritating MY DOCUMENTS location, and might
>> have deleted files which were only in one of the two locations.
> 
> If you simply deleted them, they might still be in your recycle bin.

He didn't. The installer did.

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Sven Littkowski wrote:
> Request: I sent my complete scene files and graphics about the SPACE
> CARRIER SENECA to various people here. Is here anyone who still has those
> files? I need them back, so urgently. Thanks.

I don't think many people will see your request here. I suggest you ask in
povray.general at least.

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