Problem with addon folder registry

[EricM 0]

I have a weird problem since some time now :

When I try to connect in MP, I get kicked out of most servers lately because I seem to have unsigned addons in my addon folder (former versions of my Hind and KA52...)

Except that I deleted those two addons long time ago... and there's no trace of them in said folder...

Anyone else experienced that ?

Maybe it's related (maybe not) but incidentaly another (third) alpha version is still showing in the editor list of, while it's supposed to be gone as well..

[.kju 3245]

Obviously you still have a version somewhere in your files.

1) Open CMD

2) go to your arma folder

3) enter: dir /S /B > arma_filelist.txt

4) Upload and link the file

[EricM 0]

I can see the list of files, but Vista denies me the right to export it to a txt...

Anyway, reviewing the list line by line, there's no sign of those addons either... that's beyond me.

[Yoma 0]

Sometimes vista puts stuff inside userdirectories and provides a "softlink" to the file. This is i think some kind of protection to avoid users or other software overwriting default files of a program.

If you'll look in your userprofile, you might find the files in a directory called "Virtual Store".

[EricM 0]

Thanks I found it in this "virtual store" thing...

So weird...

[Yoma 0]

Send a mail to Bill, i'm sure he'll fix it up for windows7.

By the way i think this virtual store stuff is related to a "boxing" principle MS started implementing.

Stuff like programs should not be able to alter files directly inside the program files folder, but should do this on a user basis.

This has to do with security implementations, so no original program file can be overwritten by another program i think.

The clickonce installer my tool uses is another example of this boxing principle. All files for this kind of installer get installed on a per user basis inside their user folder.

In the end this might be a good principle as programs are much less likely to mess up your system. But it has a lot of downsides as well. (Stuff like where IS the program i just installed etc)