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<blockquote data-quote="RoChess" data-source="post: 874358" data-attributes="member: 18896">Tried it, now it shows &quot;\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Database\&quot; for database folder and &quot;\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Thumbs\&quot; for thumbs, which is not correct either. Looking at the MediaPortalDirs.xml file, I see that the MePo team has changed things and I think they deal with the correct path on XP machines on a different way.&nbsp;See the CMD environment value of %ProgramData% doesn't even exist on XP, as you have to use %ALLUSERSPROFILE% to get to &quot;C:\Documents and Settings\All Users&quot;, it is inside this folder (well &quot;Application Data&quot; subfolder to be exact) that MediaPortal puts its data files.&nbsp;XP = &quot;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\database&quot;Vista/Win7/Win8 = &quot;%ProgramData%\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\database&quot;&nbsp;So what MediaPortal most likely does (guessing a bit) is to see if the &quot;%ProgramData%&quot; CMD environment variable is empty or contains a path. If it has a path you are on Vista/Win7 and can use it as-is. If its empty then your path becomes &quot;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data&quot;.&nbsp;Thats the logic behind it to make it XP/Vista/Win7/Win8/etc compatible, I just don't know how to do that in C# <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;But I'll be happy to test v1.2 for you <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="RoChess, post: 874358, member: 18896"] Tried it, now it shows "\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Database\" for database folder and "\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Thumbs\" for thumbs, which is not correct either. Looking at the MediaPortalDirs.xml file, I see that the MePo team has changed things and I think they deal with the correct path on XP machines on a different way. See the CMD environment value of %ProgramData% doesn't even exist on XP, as you have to use %ALLUSERSPROFILE% to get to "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users", it is inside this folder (well "Application Data" subfolder to be exact) that MediaPortal puts its data files. XP = "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\database" Vista/Win7/Win8 = "%ProgramData%\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\database" So what MediaPortal most likely does (guessing a bit) is to see if the "%ProgramData%" CMD environment variable is empty or contains a path. If it has a path you are on Vista/Win7 and can use it as-is. If its empty then your path becomes "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data". Thats the logic behind it to make it XP/Vista/Win7/Win8/etc compatible, I just don't know how to do that in C# :) But I'll be happy to test v1.2 for you :D [/QUOTE]

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