I've just found out another alternative that is about using sys_gui(set env(VST_PATH)) for retrieving the vst folder without admin rights, we can use also [hcs/sys_gui] in a patch, so if we could set this path by sending a message to [vst~] that would be neat.
De: "Patrice Colet" colet.patrice@free.fr À: gr@grrrr.org Cc: "pd-list" pd-list@iem.at Objet: [PD] vst~ getenv() on vista
Hello,
if we want VST_PATH to be accessed with getenv() on windows > XP, pd have to be loaded with admin account...
maybe using a newer method like GetEnvironmentVariable() would be more appropriate,
or another method that would allow vst~ to access a vstplugins directory?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/77zkk0b6.aspx
I'm using mingw for compilation, but I'm not sure I could compile all flext externals, so I couldn't try to make a patch, sorry for this...
Colet Patrice
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