What the Setup Program Does

This topic describes changes that the setup program makes to your system.

The setup program:

Writable files shared by all users

As part of its Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) compliance configuration, PowerBuilder installs writable files that are shared by all users. On Windows XP, the shared directory is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Sybase\PowerBuilder 12.5. On Windows Vista and Windows 2008, the shared directory is C:\Users\Public \Documents\Sybase\PowerBuilder 12.5, and on Windows 7, it is C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\Sybase\PowerBuilder 12.5.

The shared files include:

Files reserved for individual users

Other writable files are installed in the default Program Files\Sybase subdirectories, but are copied to different locations the first time a user starts PowerBuilder. In this way, each user gets a private copy of these files.

The following table lists the files that are copied and updated in the directories of users. In the table header, UserName is a variable that can be replaced by the user name of a PowerBuilder user. For Windows XP, the UserName directory is under the C:\Documents and Settings directory. For Windows Vista and 2008, it is under the C:\Users directory.

In C:\...\UserName\ subdirectory Files copied or updated

On Windows XP:

  • Local Settings\Application Data\Sybase\PowerBuilder 12.5

On Windows Vista, Windows 2008, and Windows 7:

  • AppData\Local\Sybase\PowerBuilder 12.5
  • Initialization files (PB.INI, PBLAB125.INI, PBODB125.INI)
  • License files (PB125.LIC, pb125_sysam.properties)

On Windows XP:

  • My Documents\Sybase\PowerBuilder 12.5\Tutorial

On Windows Vista and 2008:

  • Documents\Sybase\PowerBuilder 12.5\Tutorial

On Windows 7:

  • My Documents\Sybase\PowerBuilder 12.5\Tutorial
  • Files for the PowerBuilder Getting Started tutorial

The locations of writable PowerBuilder files reserved for individual use are set in HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry entries for each PowerBuilder user. For example, the location of the PB.INI file that is copied to each user's local application data directory is registered under the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Sybase\PowerBuilder\12.5\InitPath

Registry changes

The setup program makes the following changes to the Windows registry: