auto creating a log file on Windows

[Lubomir I. Ivanov]

On 3 September 2018 at 19:09, Dirk Hohndel <dirk at hohndel.org> wrote:
>
>> On Sep 3, 2018, at 8:49 AM, Lubomir I. Ivanov <neolit123 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 3 September 2018 at 18:31, Dirk Hohndel <dirk at hohndel.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sep 3, 2018, at 8:26 AM, Lubomir I. Ivanov <neolit123 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 3 September 2018 at 18:12, Dirk Hohndel <dirk at hohndel.org> wrote:
>>>>> Lubomir,
>>>>>
>>>>> In commit 0c74f7a2c8 you added a feature to automatically create a log file
>>>>> on Windows when started from a shortcut. I was just going to ask a user to
>>>>> send me that log file but realized that I didn't know where it was in the
>>>>> file
>>>>> system. So I tried this and I cannot find it...
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you help?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> the log files should be written in the folder where subsurface.exe is.
>>>> we install Subsurface in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Subsurface" by
>>>> default and the log files are created there for me on each run.
>>>
>>> I tried that. Hmm. Nope, not there.
>>>
>>
>> do you happen to have installed subsurface with an administrator
>> account, but run it as a regular user?
>
> I think that's the default on most systems these days. You elevate your
> rights to admin in order to install software, but then you run it without
> those admin rights.
>
>> if this is a permission issue, it can be verified if you try to just
>> create a TXT file in the subsurface.exe folder with the regular user
>> and see if it works.
>
> Correct, I get Access Denied - as I should.
>
>> a possible fix for that would be to always write in the user folder,
>> although i think the problem here is something else.
>>
>> is antivirus software running?
>> i've seen AVs blocking the creation of log files before.
>
> No, I don't think that's it. I think we should create the log file in
> AppData\Local\Subsurface
>

ok, i will send a patch ASAP.

lubomir
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