Location of census on Vista machines

MarkButler · Post by **MarkButler** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:48 pm

I was having a lot of difficulty locating my census file on my vista machine.

The upload screen suggests it will be at: C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\%account%\SavedVariables\CensusPlus.lua

but mine wasn't and I have accepted all defaults. In searching my hard drive I finally found it at:
C:\Users\Public\Games\World of Warcraft\Interface\CensusPlus

you may want to put that as an alternate site for vista people.

LadyGamer · Post by **LadyGamer** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:06 am

C:\Users\Public\Games\World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\%Account%\SavedVariables

Mine is slightly different.

DM. · Post by **DM.** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:06 am

Yes the install location varies from system to system mostly due to security restrictions. So it is hard to tell where the install is located.

However sometimes there can be issues with that and alot of people on UI sites like Wowace, Wowinterface, and even Blizzard's own UI & Macros forum recommend that you make a C:\WoW directory and throw everything in there due to how UAC reacts to stuff depending on how you set it. And most users don't know how to configure that stuff and it results in more frustrations than needed.

What I recommend is really if the user knows where their WoW installation is and go there to find your files. Doesn't matter what operating system you are on.

Post by **Rollie** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:03 am

I don't even run Vista yet so I haven't been exposed to the 'joy' of it all =)

DM. · Post by **DM.** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:40 am

I run XP on my main system... I do have a new pc with Vista on it tho... But I don't play WoW on that one as its mainly just a family pc.

Jokester · Post by **Jokester** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:15 pm

WoW loves Vista64.

LadyGamer · Post by **LadyGamer** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:17 pm

I do, too. Most mainstream users never get into stuff like this. For a vanilla user, Vista is very helpful and easy to use. People like us who mess with stuff are at a disadvantage but it's not that hard to figure out once you get a clue what the super-helpful Vista is doing to files and locations.

xpolockx · Post by **xpolockx** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:52 am

I like XP 64 and have little incentive to upgrade to vista

Malinois · Post by **Malinois** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:15 pm

Jokester wrote:WoW loves Vista64.

it does

played a bg with 10 chars (10xwow on 1 pc) once ... worked fine.
after some ms patches (security blabla) it's around 6x now.

Post by **Rollie** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:28 am

jebus =x

I so need a new PC =(

markhr · Post by **markhr** » Sat May 09, 2009 10:21 am

MarkButler wrote:I was having a lot of difficulty locating my census file on my vista machine.

The upload screen suggests it will be at: C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\%account%\SavedVariables\CensusPlus.lua

but mine wasn't and I have accepted all defaults. In searching my hard drive I finally found it at:...

Agreed

The suggested upload screen location appears to be completely wrong.

Using UniUploader to speed up the search process the correct saved variables file shows up in (where **** is your acount name)

C:\Users\Public\Games\World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\****\SavedVariables\CensusPlus.lua

Post by **Rollie** » Tue May 12, 2009 10:18 am

Hrm... thanks for the update, I'll include that as well.

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Location of census on Vista machines

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