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Interesting... &nbsp;Thanks for that Geert - with the registry values - does this work on Vista too? (I guess I should do some Vista testing)<br />
I did manage to find a crappy workaround - by installing a utility called Firebird Database Manager - it has a utility that can set up Aliases - and it somehow knows where the aliases.conf file is.<br />

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Interesting...  Thanks for that Geert - with the registry values - does this work on Vista too? (I guess I should do some Vista testing)
I did manage to find a crappy workaround - by installing a utility called Firebird Database Manager - it has a utility that can set up Aliases - and it somehow knows where the aliases.conf file is.


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Still would like to know how this works in Vista
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Still would like to know how this works in Vista

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I need to programmatically replace a file installed by Firebird after its been installed. The file is aliases.conf.<br />
Now, I could ask the user to &quot;Navigate&quot; to the Firebird install directory, but if there's a more professional way then I should do that...<br />
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One option is to find the install directory of Firebird - where would this information be registered - KEEPING IN MIND VISTA<br />
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Another option is to search for it in Program Files - but this is very silly - surely there's a better way.
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I need to programmatically replace a file installed by Firebird after its been installed. The file is aliases.conf.
Now, I could ask the user to "Navigate" to the Firebird install directory, but if there's a more professional way then I should do that...

One option is to find the install directory of Firebird - where would this information be registered - KEEPING IN MIND VISTA

Another option is to search for it in Program Files - but this is very silly - surely there's a better way.

Finding a file (or the Install Directory that has the file)

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