Dealing with Kindle for PC/Mac 1.19 and KFX in calibre

[mbovenka]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Personally, I prefer 1.17 since 1.21.1 places each ebook in a separate directory which makes it a bit of a pain to import more than one book at a time.

Yep, same here. Those subdirs per book are mildly annoying, even with Total Commander search -> feed to listbox.

So as long as 1.17 works, I'm staying with it.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Kindle4PC did not install in either Program Files directory on my Windows 10 x64 computer. The shortcut point into my AppData\Local directory as seen in the shortcut properties:

C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\Amazon\Kindle\application\Kindle.exe

.

That is bizarre

And you are absolutely CORRECT

There are all sorts of security issues having an executable inside the USER DATA area

[Conan46]

Re: Terminal: I'm used to using Linux. I went about 5 years only using Linux, so I am still adjusting to Windows 10

[Divingduck]

Originally Posted by theducks

That is bizarre

And you are absolutely CORRECT

There are all sorts of security issues having an executable inside the USER DATA area

Nothing wrong with that and normal for some programs. Autodesk with Fusion 360 and Garmin are other examples of programs that use this installation path.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Divingduck

Nothing wrong with that and normal for some programs. Autodesk with Fusion 360 and Garmin are other examples of programs that use this installation path.

There assuredly is something very wrong with it. It goes completely against Microsoft's guidelines for software installation, and is a security risk because the folder can be written to. "Program Files" is only writeable for applications with admin rights, and hence software installed there can't be modified by malware. The proper way to do it is to put the executables in "Program Files", and user data in "AppData".

[PeterT]

I think it depends on whether the use has admin access or not,and whether they choose to install a program for all users, or just themselves.

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[Divingduck]

Originally Posted by HarryT

There assuredly is something very wrong with it. It goes completely against Microsoft's guidelines for software installation, and is a security risk because the folder can be written to.

I don't want to fight against your recommendation about best practice (I am totally with you), but your assumption is not in general correct.

Maybe there is a mix up best practice with what we think what is an absolutely no-go or potential security issue. It is not only Amazon or Autodesk that use this way for personal license installations, UIPath is an other commercial example I knew. Microsoft as well use this installation path for some applications like OneDrive and OffCAT.

Guess, we need to talk with Microsoft too how to make best practice as as role model alive everywhere

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by HarryT

There assuredly is something very wrong with it. It goes completely against Microsoft's guidelines for software installation [. . .]

Microsoft Guidelines are not black-letter law, they are like most things so labelled: 'A practice that allows leeway in its interpretation.'*

BR

*Black's Law Dictionary

[DiapDealer]

The newest Python (from python.org) will install itself in AppData if installed for a single user. Many respected programs do. *shrug*

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

The newest Python (from python.org) will install itself in AppData if installed for a single user. Many respected programs do. *shrug*

And as a Windows programmer of 25+ years experience, my professional opinion, which I would state to any of my clients, is that this is extremely poor practice, for a whole variety of reasons, security not least among them. But Amazon didn't consult me on the matter .

[Stevex]

Many programs that install to AppData are doing that explicitly to work around group policy

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Divingduck

Microsoft as well use this installation path for some applications like OneDrive and OffCAT.

Hmmm - maybe this will help me figure out why Word 2016 no longer interoperates with Defintions.net - it spat the dummy a couple weeks ago. Done all the usual tricks - including a complete fresh install of Office.

BR

[DiapDealer]

How would one install a program for a single user on a multi-user, stand-alone PC (something that Windows certainly seems to support) if the binary wasn't installed to AppData?

If installed to Program Files or Program Files (x86), any user could launch it, no?

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

How would one install a program for a single user on a multi-user, stand-alone PC (something that Windows certainly seems to support) if the binary wasn't installed to AppData?

If installed to Program Files or Program Files (x86), any user could launch it, no?

Install the executable in "Program Files"; put the configuration data in either the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" branch of the Registry, or in AppData. Other users won't see the app because it will appear neither in their "Start" menu nor their desktop.

[PeterT]

The other reason for installs to AppData is to support roaming apps; in an Active Directory environment AppData/Roaming is replicated to and from the server infrastructure as a user logs on and off the PC.

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