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user configuration directory accessible from NVDA's menu #2214

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nvaccessAuto opened this issue Apr 4, 2012 · 6 comments · Fixed by #10493
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user configuration directory accessible from NVDA's menu #2214

nvaccessAuto opened this issue Apr 4, 2012 · 6 comments · Fixed by #10493

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Reported by dallasobrien on 2012-04-04 21:45
it would be handy to have the user configuration directory accessible from the nvda menu, as this would solve several problems. one is that sometimes, finding the icon in the start group can be a little hard, especially in windows 8.
how ever, a more important option this would give users, is the ability to open up the user configuration directory while using a temp version of nvda with the new repackaged nvda, so as they may apply app modules and global pluggons. this would then let them create a portable version, and copy the hole set of modifications over to the portable install. i would asume this would work for the installing of nvda as well.
it would perhaps be an option under the tools submenu.

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Comment 1 by briang1 on 2012-04-12 07:17
As long as care is taken to warn of any breach of user security that certain combinations could present, this is a good idea and stops one having to either type in the path or navigate there manually. This is not so much of an issue with portable versions, as you have it in the main folder, but for installed versions its a time saver.

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Comment 2 by trenton on 2012-04-12 18:51
Just wanted to say, I totally agree with this as well.

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nvaccessAuto commented Jul 14, 2012

Attachment ExploreConfigpath.patch added by Bernd on 2012-07-14 00:11
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nvaccessAuto commented Jul 14, 2012

Attachment nvda.log added by Bernd on 2012-07-14 00:12
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ehollig commented Aug 2, 2017

What do you think of this idea? It would be nice to have an option to access the user config directory in the Tools menu for reasons stated above. CC @jcsteh

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This feature is partially covered by the "Open developer scratchpad directory" button in the Advanced Settings as of #9238.

feerrenrut pushed a commit that referenced this issue Mar 27, 2020
Fix for #2214

Refactoring:
* hasUiAccess and execElevated are now moved to systemUtils
* Importing hasUiAccess, and execElevated from config is now deprecated
@nvaccessAuto nvaccessAuto added this to the 2020.1 milestone Mar 27, 2020
@feerrenrut feerrenrut modified the milestones: 2020.1, 2020.2 Mar 27, 2020
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