I'm curious why you think security is not a concern when users may be relatively unsophisticated. To me, that's a flag that security is more important.

>I've read Doug Hennig's article, as well as various UT threads, about installing and updating under Vista & Win 7, and I've also looked at some of the posted appstarter/appupdater routines, but I am still unsure about the best course to take for my particular situation:
>
>-- Single-user desktop app
>-- No ActiveXs or DLLs to install
>-- Writeable app folder and three subfolders for the data
>-- Run under Win 2000 or later
>-- Users may frequently be relatively unsophisticated
>-- No hand-holding available
>-- Install app with minimal user intervention
>-- Update app from the Web with minimal user intervention
>-- Vast majority of users will not care if a particular install
>location is dictated to them
>-- Security not really a concern
>
>Should I just create the app folder (and its subfolders) under \users\public in Vista & Win 7
>and under the root directory for prior Win versions? What are the most intelligent
>choices here?
>
>Any suggestions welcome,
>-m.