[tex-live] Problems with TL2014 Windows command line environment

[Dan Luecking]

On Wed Jul 16 2014 at19:57:09 CEST, keithpickering . 
<mailto:tex-live%40tug.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5Btex-live%5D%20Problems%20with%20TL2014%20Windows%20command%20line%20environment&In-Reply-To=%3CCA%2B6VJEvXCLb9EntqNu6%3DYsJR8RaJHLEZtu0QsuO38pq5k7-TUA%40mail.gmail.com%3E>keith.pickering 
at gmail.com  wrote:


>I just installed TL2014 in Windows Vista and ran through the tests
>described in the TexLive Guide, section 3.5, using the TL command line box
>(invoked from the Start Menu). This drops you into the c:\Windows\system32
>directory at startup as a default.
>
>All tests *appeared* to work, as in the programs ran and the text screen
>output looked normal. However, no actual output files were found using
>either the "dir" command or Windows Explorer.


On my Windows 7 systems, the files actually end up in
   %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Windows\System32\
So the files can be recovered and some programs can access them
as if they are in \Windows\System32\.

Note that AppData is a hidden directory in Win7, so you may not
see it in a directory listing.

Some program data files (for old programs) turn up in the
above VirtualStore area, too.


Regards,
Dan

Daniel H. Luecking
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Fayetteville, Arkansas
http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/iaq.html